high：“高”,，比較具體,。highly：“高度地”,，比較抽象。例如：

例709：He can jump very high. （他能跳得高,。）

例710：He was highly thought of. （他深受贊譽(yù),。）

deep：“深”，比較具體,。deeply：“深深地”,，比較抽象。例如：

例711：Still water runs deep. （靜水流深,。）

例712：We were deeply moved. （我們深受感動,。）

wide：寬,，大。widely：廣泛地,。例如：

例713：The fox lay dead, with its mouth wide open. （張大嘴巴）

例714：The Chinese language is widely used. （廣泛使用）

late：晚,，遲。lately：最近,。例如：

例715：He came home late last night.

例716：Have you heard from him lately?

hard：努力,。hardly：幾乎不。例如：

例717：Work hard, and you’ll succeed.

例718：We can hardly imagine that.

near：在附近,。nearly：幾乎,。例如：

例719：I live near.（我住在附近。）

例720：Nearly 1,000 people were trapped in the fire. （將近有一千人被困大火中,。）

close：靠近。closely：緊緊地,，密切地,。例如：

例721：Come close to me. （請靠近我。）

例722：Watch him closely. （請密切關(guān)注他,。）

free：免費,，自由地。freely：自如地,。例如：

例723：The show was arranged to admit free the students from Senior III.

（安排高三學(xué)生入內(nèi)免費參觀展覽,。）

例724：He can communicate freely with the native speakers. （他能與當(dāng)?shù)厝俗匀缃徽劇＃?/span>

most：最,，相當(dāng),。mostly：大多數(shù)。例如：

例725：Lesson One is a most difficult lesson. （第一課很難,。）比較：

例726：They are mostly visiting scientists. （他們大多是來訪的科學(xué)家,。）

just：剛剛，僅僅,，正好,。justly：公正地。例如：

例727：I’ve just arrived.

例728：I want to be treated justly. （我需要公正對待,。）

用作副詞詞組時,，a little和a bit都有“一點兒”的意思，都可以直接修飾形容詞或副詞,。用作形容詞詞組時,，a little可以直接修飾不可數(shù)名詞，a bit則必須先加介詞of,，再加不可數(shù)名詞,；not a little與not a bit的意思相反,，前者是“非常”的意思,，后者則是“一點兒也不”的意思,，分別相當(dāng)于very much和not at all。例如：

例729：I’m feeling a little / a bit nervous.

例730：There is still a little / a bit of water left in the jar. （形容詞性）

例731：—Are you feeling hungry? （餓嗎,？）

—Not a bit, for I’ve just had a rich meal. （不餓,，剛吃過大餐。）

—Not a little, it’s high time we had lunch. （很餓,，早該吃午餐了,。）

例732：He was not a little tired, so he fell asleep the moment his head touched the pillow.

（他很累，所以一躺下就睡著了,。）

例733：After climbing the mountain, he was a little / a bit thirsty, but not a bit tired.

（爬山后,，他有點渴，但一點也不累,。）

ago：在……以前,。指從此刻起若干時間以前，通常與過去時態(tài)連用,。例如：

例734：It happened two days ago.

before：在……以前,。指從那時起若干時間以前，通常與過去完成時態(tài)連用,。例如：

例735：He said that he had seen her two days before.

此外,，before 也可以泛指以前，與完成時態(tài)或過去時態(tài)連用,。例如：

例736：I’ve never heard of such a man before.

例737：I met him somewhere before.

almost：差不多,，幾乎。有very nearly的意義,。例如：

例738：He has almost finished his work.

例739：Almost no one took any rest.

nearly：幾乎,，將近。所指的差距一般比almost大,。例如：

例740：It’s nearly five o’clock.

注：almost有時可與nearly通用,，但almost后可接no, none, nothing, nobody等不定代詞，而nearly前則可用not,。

14．a(chǎn)loud / loud / loudly

aloud：出聲地（有使能聽得到的意味）,；高聲地（有使遠(yuǎn)處能聽得到的意味）。例如：

例741：Please read the story aloud.

例742：They were shouting aloud.

loud：高聲地,，大聲地,，響亮地。常指在說笑等方面。例如：

例743：He was giving his lecture loud enough.

例744：Speak louder.

loudly：高聲地,。有時可與loud通用,，但含有喧鬧的意味。例如：

例745：Someone knocked loudly at the door.

例746：I can hardly hear; they are talking loudly.

altogether：總共（相當(dāng)于in all）,。 all together：一起（比together語氣強(qiáng),，相當(dāng)于completely together）。例如：

例747：Altogether there are sixty-six of us here. Now let’s go (all) together.

always：永遠(yuǎn),，總是,。與進(jìn)行式連用時，表示“再三地,、老是”等意思,，有時表示生氣或不耐煩等感情色彩。例如：

例748：The sun always rises in the east.

例749：The boy is always talking in class. （這孩子老在課堂講話?。?/span>

often：時常,，常常。強(qiáng)調(diào)經(jīng)常性,。例如：

例750：He often comes here to see me.

例751：Do you often go to the library,？

frequently：時常，屢次,。與often通用,，但是強(qiáng)調(diào)次數(shù)頻繁,，相當(dāng)于very often,。例如：

例752：Business frequently brings him to Shanghai. （因商務(wù)，他常到上海來,。）

例753：He frequently comes here to see her.

usually：通常,，往常。強(qiáng)調(diào)習(xí)慣性,。例如：

例754：He usually comes here at seven o’clock.

before long：很快,，不久?？捎糜诟鞣N時態(tài),。例如：

例755：Before long he had to move on again.

例756：I think I’ll meet him before long.

long before：很久以前，老早,?？蓡为毷褂茫部蓭木?。例如：

例757：He said he had seen the film long before. （他說他早看過這部電影,。）

例758：I had seen the film long before he saw it. （在他看這部電影之前，我早就看過,。）

注意,，以下的long before在意義上是分開的：

例759：It won’t be long before we meet again. （我們不久還會見面,。）

例760：It was not long before he returned to his motherland. （不久他回到祖國。）

18．late / later / latest / lately / last / latter

late：晚,，遲,。later：以后，后來（與late的比較級同形）,。latest：最新的,。lately：最近。last：上一次,，最末了,。latter：后者。例如：

例761：—Have you heard from Jack lately?

—Yes, he went to Jamestown on business last week. One night he returned to his hotel late, and met with a robber in the street. He fought bravely. Later, the police came and the latter was seized.

—Well, this is the latest news for me!

19．no longer / no more

no longer：不再,，已不,。側(cè)重于時間關(guān)系，相當(dāng)于not any longer,，當(dāng)狀語,。例如：

例762：The Greens no longer lives here.

no more：不再，再也不,。側(cè)重于數(shù)量關(guān)系,；當(dāng)狀語時，相當(dāng)于not any more,，還可以當(dāng)定語,。例如：

例763：Since we’ve got no more chances, we’ll not go there any more.

（既然我們不再有機(jī)會，我們就不再去那里了,。）

still：仍然,，還。表示某事仍在繼續(xù)之中,，多用于肯定句中,，常與一般時態(tài)、進(jìn)行時態(tài)或完成時態(tài)連用,；在修飾比較級或加強(qiáng)語氣時,，可放在被修飾詞的前面或后面，此時是“更加”的意思,。例如：

例764：Just at that moment, he woke up, still shaking from the terrible dream.

例765：It was cold yesterday, but today it is still colder / colder still.

（昨天很冷,，但是今天更冷。）

例766：After two hours the dog was still there.

例767：The plane still has not taken off. （飛機(jī)還沒起飛,。）

例768：Tom’s brother suffered a still worse fate. （湯姆的兄弟命運更糟,。）

yet：仍然，還（強(qiáng)調(diào)某事尚未完成，但不一定要繼續(xù),，多用于疑問句和否定句中）,；然而。例如：

例769：My task is not yet finished.

例770：Though he is over sixty, yet he is strong.

too：也,。通常用于肯定句中,；常放在句末，但有時為了不引起含糊不清的感覺,，把它緊放在所修飾的詞之后,。例如：

例771：Mother was angry too.

例772：I, too, have been to Paris. （這里明確表示人家去過巴黎，我也去過,。而不是我除了去過某地以外,，還去過巴黎。）

also：也,。通常用于肯定句中,；一般靠近動詞。例如：

例773：He also asked to go.

as well：也,。通常用于肯定句中,；常放在句末，除了在may / might as well搭配中,。如：

例774：He knows English, and Japanese as well.

例775：You might as well take a taxi, if no bus for you. （如果沒有公交車,，你也可以打的。）

either：也,。通常用于否定句中,，而且要放在句末。例如：

例776：If you do not go, I shall not either.

too much：太多（后接不可數(shù)名詞）,；太過分（后接for短語）,。

例777：There is too much work today.

例778：The problem is too much for the five-year-old boy.

much too：太,。比too語氣強(qiáng),，相當(dāng)于far too，rather too等,；其后接形容詞和副詞,。例如：

例779：The problem is much too difficult for the five-year-old boy.

23．very / quite / fairly / rather

very，quite,，fairly和rather都有“十分”的意思,。rather可用于修飾形容詞或副詞比較級，也可放在too（太）之前,，very,，quite和fairly則不可以。另外，very通常不修飾以a字母開頭的形容詞（如afraid, alone, asleep, aware, ashamed等,，而要用much修飾）,，也不直接修飾動詞；quite側(cè)重于“完全地,、徹底地”,，相當(dāng)于completely或entirely，可修飾形容詞,、副詞或動詞,；fairly側(cè)重于“還算”，通常修飾“使人感到愉快的”形容詞或副詞,；rather側(cè)重于“極,，相當(dāng)”，通常修飾表示“使人感到不愉快的”的形容詞或副詞,。例如：

例780：—Instead of using “I very like English”, we often express “I like English very much.”

（我們不說“I very like English.”,，通常說“I like English very much.”。）

—Quite right. It’s very important. （完全正確,。這一點很重要,。）

例781：—His pronunciation is fairly good, but his handwriting is rather poor.

—I quite agree with you.