2014年3月12日 星期三

文法淺釋系列 (63)

文法淺釋系列 (63)

文法(grammar)與句型(sentence patterns)
四、 副詞 (Adverb):修飾:動詞、形容詞、另一副詞、
全句(前、後述)

26) 修飾形容詞的特殊副詞

Left much alone, I found it hard to spend the holiday. (孤伶伶一個人,我發覺難以度過這假日)

1. Left much alone,= (As I was) left much aloneleave + + alone  (人獨處; 不去惹) 註:alone作形容詞用,不可用very alone.

2. alike 同,應用 much  但,可以說:very lonely (lonesome) 很寂寞
比較:a. The two sisters look much alike.
      b. The one look very like the other.
      a. She is much afraid.
      b. She is much frightened
      c. It is a very frightening story.

27) all + n. + long = the whole + n. adv. 片語用

Beautiful music is played all weekend long. (整個週末都播放悅耳的音樂。)

all day long = the whole day  整天;all weekend long = the whole weekend整周末         
但,「整年」須說 all the year round = the whole year= throughout the year


28) simply (絕對地; 非常地) adv. ; 原屬口語, 但現已用於written English 中。

               
a. 用於肯定句時, 可置於動詞之前或後
They ~ told us what had happened.  他們僅告訴我們已發生的事。
He is ~ being fantastic. 他簡直太棒了。
S~ the best    絕對是上等貨。= Tbe bset or nothing. (賓士汽車廣告)

b.若用於否定句時, 則大都置於動詞或助動詞之前
She ~ isn’t the person we want.   她不是我們要的人。
He ~ didn’t respond to my call.   他就是不回我電話。
We simply cannot understand why he left so early. (我們簡直不懂他為何這麼早離開。)

*比較  ~ ly + not  之常見之簡答句用法:

 Will he settle down for less?    他會賣便宜一點嗎?
Certainly. 肯定會,~ not ! 肯定不會  (但, not exactly 不完全是 = not precisely ) Of course. 當然會,~ not !  當然不會; Absolutely絕對會 ~ not !  絕對不會;Definitely 肯定會 ~ not !  肯定不會


Justin Lai

03/12/2014

英語漫談




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