very, much, quite三个副词都作“十分,非常”解,但它们的使用场合却有所不同。 1. very可以修饰形容词或副词,但不能修饰动词。修饰动词的常常是much, very much或quite。例如: The factory to be built will be very important in this city. Many years ago we knew each other very well. Does that matter much? I like flowers very much. I quite enjoy my job, so I don”t have to look for a new one. 2. 在形容词、副词的原级前面用very,而在形容词、副词的比较级前面用much。例如: The SARS patient feels much better today under the care of the doctors and nurses. You must work much more carefully than before. 3. very和much都可以用来修饰形容词、副词的最高级,但它们的位置不同。例如: This is the very best building in our town. This is much the best building in our town. 4. 将现在分词用作形容词时,其前可以用very或quite修饰。例如: The news is very / quite exciting. The book is very / quite interesting. 5. tired, pleased, delighted, satisfied, surprised, frightened, disappointed等过去分词在实际使用中,尤其在口语中,都常常被用作纯粹的形容词。因此,可以在其前用very或quite修饰,但在书面语中,一般仍用much修饰。例如: I am very / quite / much surprised to hear the news. 在被动语态句子中,过去分词前面用much或very much修饰。例如: He is much respected by everyone in his mountainous village. I was very much frightened by the loud noise last night. 6. 在alive, afraid, alone, ashamed等表语形容词前面用very much或much修饰,不用very修饰。例如: I am(very) much afraid that he will be late. The man is much alone. The wounded were (very) much alive. 但在asleep前面用fast修饰,不用very, much或very much修饰。例如: He is fast asleep. 在awake前面用wide修饰,不用very, much或very much修饰。例如: He is wide awake. 7. 在too, more, less, on his own, at a loss等词及短语前面要用much修饰,不用very修饰。例如: It”s much too hot today. He does the work much on his own. He said he was much at a loss for words to describe the situation. 8. 副词quite作“完全”、“十分”、“还算”、“相当”、“确实”、“真正”解。它既可以修饰原级形容词和副词,也可以修饰动词,还可以修饰相当于形容词的过去分词或现在分词。例如: The theatre was quite full last night. He did the work quite well. He is quite grown up. He should quite understand what I said. We were quite delighted to see him at that moment. The news is quite exciting. 在possible, impossible, right, wrong, OK, all right等词或词组前面只能用quite修饰,不能用very和much修饰。例如: It is quite impossible that he should have done this. You are quite right / wrong. That”s quite all right / OK.