| 单词 | very |
| 释义 | very (once / 5 pages) adjadv The word very is an intensifier, suggesting a high degree of a quality. Something great is very good. This word adds intensity to statements and means something close to really or extremely. If you are tired, you might have some coffee. If you are very tired, you might need a nap. An 80 degree day is hot, but a 90 degree day is very hot. This word also means exact, as in "On this very day, I was born" or "That's the very book you were talking about." WORD FAMILYvery: verily, veryer, veryest, veryly, verys+/verily: verilys USAGE EXAMPLESIt also encapsulates the host of worries of possible conflicts of interest circulating around a president who is very different from America’s past leaders. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “His actors unfold the drama in their very appearances and, as the chic and malevolent plot thickens, so do their various attitudes.” New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) “I’m not very optimistic that the employment situation of transgender people will change as a result of this case,” Wang said. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) 1adj being the exact same one; not any other: on this very spot the very thing he said yesterday the very man I want to see Syn identical, selfsame same same in identity 2adj precisely as stated the very center of town Syn precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited 3adv used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal she was very gifted he played very well Syn rattling, real, really 4adv precisely so on the very next page he expected the very opposite |
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