逍遥学能 2017-09-29 13:47
◆famous adj.
1. 表示“以……出名或著称”,用介词 for;表示“作为……出名或著称”,用介词 as。如:
France is famous for its wine. 法国以其葡萄酒出名。
He is rather famous as a writer. 他是著名作家。
2. famous 是一个语气很强的词,通常指在很大范围内为人所知,它一般不用于小有名气的普通人或物---此时可用 well-known。如:
He is a well-known businessman in our town. 他是我们镇一位有名的商人。(此句不宜用 a famous businessman)
3. infamous 的意思是“声名狼籍的”、“臭名昭彰的”等,不要想当然地认为它是famous 的反义词。
◆far adj. & adv.
1. 用作形容词,表示“遥远的”,通常不与具体数字连用。如:
车站离这儿有两公里远。
误:The station is two kilometers far (away) from here.
正:The station is two kilometers away from here.
2. 用作副词,可用来修饰动词、副词、介词短语、比较级、最高级、以及与 too(太)连用等。如:
Did you drive far? 你开车走了很远吗?
They didn’t walk far. 他们没有走多远。
He is far past fifty. 他大大超过了五十岁。
He worked far into the night. 他工作到深夜。
My friend lives far away [off]. 我的朋友住在很远。
He is far more careful than I am. 他比我仔细得多。
He runs far faster than you. 他比你跑得快得多。
It is far the best film that I’ve ever seen. 那是我看过的最最好的电影。
He was at the station far too early. 他去车站去得太早。 注:far 可修饰比较级或最高级,但除极个别情况外,一般不能修饰原级,如不能说 far good, far difficult 等。能受 far 修饰的原级形容词主要的有 wrong, short, different 等。如:
This edition is far different from the earlier one. 这个版本与早先那个版本大不相同。
同样地,far 修饰副词,主要用来修饰 away, off, out, back 等表示“位置”的副词,一般不用来修饰 quickly, hardly, recently等原级副词。
3. 在口语或非正式文体中,far 表示场所或距离时,主要用于否定句或疑问句,很少用于肯定句。在肯定句中通常用 a long way 代之。如:
He did not walk far. 他没走很远。
(比较:He walked a long way. 他走了很远。)
Is it far from here? 从这儿去远吗?
(比较: It is a long way from here. 从这儿去很远。)
但是若 far连用了与场所有关的副词或介词短语等,或与 too, so, as…as 等词语连用时,则也可用于肯定句中。如:
The lightning was far away. 闪电很远。
They walked much too far. 他们走得太远了。
We walked as far as the church. 我们一直走到教堂。
◆as far as prep. & conj.
1. 用于本义,意为“与……一样远”、“一直到……” (在否定句中也可用 so far as)。如:
We walked as far as the river. 我们一直走到河边。
We didn’t go as [so] far as the others. 我们走得不如其他人远。
I’ve read as far as the third chapter. 我已读到第三章。
2. 用于引申义,意为“就……而言”、“从……来看”、“尽……所能”、“只要”(有时可用 so far as)。如:
We’ll help you as far as is possible. 我们会尽可能帮你。
As [So] far as I know, that is highly unlikely. 就我所知,那是极不可能的。
As [So] far as I can see, there are no mistakes. 据我看 没有什么差错。
◆by far adv.
用于强调,意为“……得多”、“最最……”、“显然”等,可修饰形容词或副词的比较级和最高级,通常置于其后,但是若比较级或最高级前有冠词,则可置于其前或其后。如:
It’s quicker by far to go by train. 乘火车要快得多。
She ran fastest by far. 她跑得最最快(显然她跑得最快)。 He’s by far the cleverer student. 他是个聪明得多的孩子。
He is by far the best teacher. =He is the best teacher byfar. 他是最最好的老师(或他显然是最好的老师)。
比较:far 修饰比较级或最高级,通常要前置。