very
修飾原級形容詞和副詞以及完全形容詞性化的現在分詞或過去分詞,如:tired, ashamed, exciting等
【注】
1. 非形容詞性化的分詞不能用very修飾, 可用much修飾.
eg.) She is very pleased by his words. (×)
She is much pleased by his words. (√)
2. 一些不分等級的形容詞不能用very修飾, 可用quite (completely) 修飾.
eg.) You are very wrong. (×)
You are quite wrong. (√)
3. 部分以a 開頭的形容詞不能用very修飾, 可用 much修飾.
eg.) She was very afraid of dogs. (×)
She was much afraid of dogs. (√)
much
1. 修飾動詞
2. 修飾介詞以及形容詞和副詞的比較級
eg.) The girl is much like her mother.
She is much younger than her husband.
3. 修飾部分以a開頭的形容詞, 如: afraid, awake, alive, ashamed, alone, etc.
well 作“很,非常,相當”講, 主要用來修飾動詞、介詞短語或用於固定搭配。
eg.) She was well past thirty at that time.
His house is over there, well above the other houses.
I don’t know him well.
Cook the fish well before eating it.
