badly,very,quite,barely的用法区别

问题描述

All of his friends each have an iPad, and he ______ wants one, too.

A.badly    B.very     C.quite      D.barely

老师答疑

刘老师：

本题答案选A。

1. barely 表示“几乎不”，意思跟hardly 接近，属于否定类副词，故排除该选项。

2. very 和quite 都是程度副词，重在修饰“状态概念”的形容词和副词：

This dictionary is very useful to my English study.

He was driving very carefully then.

I don't have quite many copies left.

You did quite well.

3. badly 也可以用作程度副词，相当于very much，重在修饰动作概念。If you want or need something badly, you want or need it very much.

badly 最经常修饰的动词，是want 和need。此外，一些表达人的“欲想，好恶”之类的动词，也可被badly 修饰。

Why do you want to go so badly?

你为什么要这么急着走？

Why does he need this money so badly?

他为什么这么急着要这点儿钱?

We have missed you badly since you were gone.

自你走后我们非常想念你。

I wished to get your help badly.

我非常想得到你的帮助。

The patient required an operation badly.

病人非常需要手术治疗。

黎老师：

《薄冰英语惯用法词典》指出：“badly 与 need, want, require 等动词以及 hurt, injured, wounded 之类的分词连用时，其含义相当于 very much 。例如：I want it badly. 我非常需要它。/ The car is badly in need of repair. 汽车急需修理。”

very表示“非常”的意思时，通常放在形容词（或副词）原级形式的前面，不能修饰动词。

quite 在美国英语中表示“非常；十分”（very,but not extremely），修饰形容词或者副词。也可以表示“很；完全”，修饰动词。例如：I quite like her. 我很喜欢她。（摘自《薄冰英语惯用法词典》）I don't quite agree. 我不完全同意。（摘自《牛津英语用法指南》第三版489节）

barely 的意思是“勉强地；几乎不”。

问题的最佳答案是：A.badly