學習英語過程中,準确掌握一些形容詞及其近義詞之間的差别是非常重要的,這有助于提高我們對語言運用的精準把握!中學階段常見的近義形容詞有:
(一)beautiful/pretty/nice
*beautiful: adj,常作定語,表“美麗的、漂亮的”之意,語氣比pretty強,多指内在美、程度很深的美。外國人一般少用beautiful誇人。
*pretty: adj,表“美麗可愛的”之意,多指小孩、婦女,其美僅僅是beautiful的一部分,程度沒有beautiful深。作副詞時,修飾形容詞,相當于very。
*nice: adj,表“美麗的、友好的、好心的、令人愉快的”之意,可以作定語或表語。
(1) This is a pretty good plan.
(2) She is a pretty girl.
(3) We have a beautiful house.
(4) It is nice of you to come to see me.
(5) It is nice to visit Chengdu with my parents.
(二)alone/lonely
*lonely: adj,表“孤獨的”之意,作定語或表語,具有主觀感情色彩。
*alone: adj/adv,表“單獨、獨自”之意,做表語和狀語,帶有客觀性。
(1) His parents live alone in a small village, but they don't feel lonely.
(三)older/elder
*elder: 表“年長的”之意,指的是兄弟姐妹之間的長幼,不可與than連用。
*older: 表“年紀較大的、較老的,物品比較舊的”之意,作定語或表語,可以和than 連用。
(1) His elder brother bought him a new bicycle yesterday.
(2) He is taller than Bill though Bill is older than him.
(四)quick/fast/soon
*quick: adj,表“快”之意,指在較短時間内發生或者完成某個動作。其副詞是quickly。
*fast: adj/adv,主要用作副詞,表“快”之意,指運動着的人或物體的速度快。
*soon: adv,表“不久、很快”之意,指時間快。
(1) The boy ran with quick steps to the classroom.
(2) Remember to call me back. We hope to receive your news soon.
(3) I can't tell you the exact time, because my watch goes a few minutes faster.
(五)ill/sick
*sick: adj,表“生病的”之意,作表語或定語;表“厭煩的”,隻能做表語,後常跟介詞of。
*ill: adj,表“生病的”之意,隻作表語;表“壞的、有害的”時,隻作定語。
(1) He was ill yesterday, so he didn't come to school.
(2) She can't go out to play, because she had to look after her sick mother.
(六)true/real
*real: 表“真實的、名副其實的、真的”之意,強調客觀性。
*true: 表“真正的、正确的”之意,強調與實際情況相符合。
(1) This is a real golden watch.
(2) Is it true that you will go to Shanghai for summer vacation ?
(七)pleased/pleasant
*pleased: 作表語,與with連用,表“對…感到滿意”之意,相當于be satisfied with …。
*pleasant: 作定語或表語,表“令人愉快的,令人高興的”之意。
(1) The girl has a pleasant voice.
(2) My Chinese teacher was pleased with my progress in study.
(八)large/big
*big: 表“大的”之意,其表示在數量、尺寸、大小等方面超過了正常範圍,此時與large沒有區别。除此之外,big還可以表示“重要的、年長的、程度深的”之意,而large沒有這些意義。
*large: 表“大的”之意,多用在表數量、範圍、規模、容量等方面;除此之外,其在表尺寸、大小、數量等方面和big用法一緻。
(1) Look at the dark cloud. There is going to be a big storm.
(2) Russia is a large producer of wheat.
(3) It is no big deal. 這沒什麼大不了的(固定搭配)。
(4) The criminal is still at large. 罪犯仍逍遙法外。
(九)famous/well-known
*famous: 表“出名的”意義,語氣比well-known強,多用于表“好的”意思。
*well-known: 表“出名的”之意,可用于表“好的”意思,也可以用于表“壞的”意思。
(1) The boy was well-known for his carelessness in math.
(2) Beijing is famous for its history and scenery.
(十)good/well
*good: adj,表“物品質量好、人的品質好”,其副詞是well。
*well: 做副詞時,表“好”之意;做形容詞時,表“身體好”。
(1) He can play the piano well.
(2) He is a good student.
(3) My grandparents are well.
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