She likes Beethoven very much.

她很喜欢贝多芬的作品。

It is very unwise for the girl to marry him.

这女孩嫁给他是很不明智的。

London is a very cosmopolitan city.

伦敦完全是个国际大城市。

They sat in the very same seat.

他们就坐在同一个座位上。

It's just the very thing I have been wanting.

这恰好是我一直想要的。

The queen is going to knight him with the very sword.

女王将用同一把剑为他封爵位。

It seemed to him the very soul of romance.

在他看来，这已经是真正的罗曼蒂克了。

You need to be at the very front of the bus.

你最好在公共汽车最前面。

very small

很小

very quickly

极快

very few people know that.

很少有人知道那件事。

Thanks very much.

非常感谢。

'u2018Do you like it? 'u2019 'u2018Yeah, I do. very much . 'u2019

“你喜欢吗？”“是的，我喜欢，非常喜欢。”

'u2018Is it what you expected? 'u2019 'u2018Oh yes, very much so . 'u2019

“这是你所期望的吗？”“啊，是的，非常期望如此。”

'u2018Are you busy? 'u2019 'u2018Not very. 'u2019

“你忙吗？”“不太忙。”

The new building has been very much admired.

这座新建筑物是人见人夸。

I'm not very (= not at all) impressed.

我觉得并不怎么样。

I'm very very grateful.

我万分感激。

The problem and the answer are very simple...

问题和答案都非常简单。

It is very, very strong evidence indeed...

这的确是非常非常有力的证据。

She's not very impressed with them...

她对他们没什么印象。

I'm not very good at explaining myself...

我不太善于为自己辩解。

Janet looked very pregnant...

珍妮特看上去显然是怀孕了。

His taste strikes the English as very French...

他的品位让英国人觉得他是个地道的法国人。

They will be helped by the very latest in navigation aids...

他们将会受益于最新的导航系统。

I am feeling in the very best of spirits...

我感觉自己的精神状态绝佳。

At the very back of the yard, several feet from Lenny, was a wooden shack...

在院子的最后面离伦尼几英尺远的地方有一个小木屋。

I turned to the very end of the book, to read the final words...

我翻到书的最后一页去读最后的文字。

Everybody says he is the very man for the case...

每个人都说他是接手这个案子的最佳人选。

She died in this very house...

她正是在这间屋子里死去的。

At one stage his very life was in danger...

他的生命都曾一度处于危险之中。

The very basis of Indian politics has been transformed...

甚至于印度的政治基础都被改变了。

'Now give me some account of your voyage.' 'u2014 'very good, sir.'

“现在给我讲述一下你的航程吧。”——“非常乐意，先生。”

'Are you enjoying your holiday?' 'u2014 'very much so.'

“你的假期过得愉快吗？”——“非常愉快。”

'We need proof, sir.' Another pause. Then, 'very well.'...

“我们需要证据，先生。”又是一个短暂停顿。然后，“那好吧。”

very well, please yourself.

好的，你自己随意。

He couldn't very well go to her office and force her to write a check...

他不能去她的办公室强迫她开支票。

I said yes. I can't very well say no.

我答应了。我没法拒绝。

用作定语～+ n.

1. It's in the very nature of things that the old eventually makes way for the new.
   旧事物终将被新事物所代替,这是必然的。
2. Give me a very little.
   给我极少一点就行了。
3. Give me only a very little.
   给我极少一点就行。
4. The two men ran neck and neck until the very end.
   那两人不分前后,一直跑到终点。
5. The little girl stood in the very back of the classroom.
   这个小女孩站在教室的最后面。
6. Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.
   现在他正值一生中的顶峰时期。
7. Plunder is the very nature of imperialism.
   帝国主义的本性就是掠夺。
8. What he said was the very reverse of the truth.
   他说的与事实完全相反。
9. You are the very man I am looking for.
   你正是我要找的人。
10. He is their very son.
    他是他们的亲生儿子。
11. This happened under her very eyes.
    这件事就发生在她的眼皮底下。
12. He knows our very thoughts.
    他了解我们的真实想法。
13. The veriest simpleton knows that.
    最笨的汉子也知道这点。

用作状语

1. Not only is this problem very important, but it is a difficult problem to be solved at once.
   这个问题不仅十分重要,而且还是一个马上要解决的困难问题。
2. I noticed (that)he was looking very nervous.
   我注意到他显得很紧张。
3. Can you make out what he is saying?His voice is very low.
   你能听懂他正在说的话吗? 他的声音太低了。
4. She's very good at making up poems.
   她很善于作诗。
5. It's very foolish to smoke,as it's known to be dangerous to health.
   抽烟要不得,因为这对健康是有害的。
6. The boy was named Ronald, a very popular boy name.
   那男孩取了一个常见的男孩用名,叫罗纳德。
7. He used the very same mathematical formula as I did.
   他用了和我一样的数学公式。
8. Some people think the book is very amusing, but I think it misses the mark.
   有些人认为这本书很有趣,可我认为它不怎么有趣。
9. A deer is very alert in its movement.
   鹿的行动很灵敏。
10. He has a very interesting idea.
    他有一个很有趣的想法。
11. I behaved badly yesterday and still feel very ashamed of myself.
    我昨天失礼了,至今我仍感到羞愧。
12. Miss Rose is very interested in stamp-collecting.
    罗斯小姐对于集邮颇感兴趣。
13. Britain's trade position has been very much weakened by inflation.
    英国的贸易地位被通货膨胀大大削弱了。
14. I was very pleased indeed to hear from you.
    接到你的来信,我真是非常高兴。
15. His parents are trying very hard to make a man of him by strict discipline.
    父母对他严格要求,努力把他培养成为一个有出息的人。
16. I don't see him very often, but now and then we have lunch in the same restaurant.
    我不常见到他,但有时候我们在同一餐厅里吃午饭。
17. Paul and his brother had a terrible quarrel, but they apologized and made up very soon.
    保尔和他弟弟大吵了一架,但是他们很快就互相道歉,言归于好了。
18. He's moved very rapidly up the promotion ladder.
    他晋升得很快。
19. He spoke very clearly indeed.
    他讲得相当清楚了。
20. This decade has thrown up very few notable architects.
    这10年中间没有出现多少杰出的建筑师。
21. It was a tedious show and very few people sat it out.
    那部电影冗长乏味,很少有人坚持看完。
22. They could speak very little English.
    他们讲不了几句英语。
23. They had very little independence and freedom to speak of.
    那时他们没什么独立自由可言。
24. Starting with a limited technical force and very little scientific data, we naturally had many difficulties.
    我们开始时技术力量有限,科学资料很少,自然有很多困难。
25. She did very little work on this report, and it shows!
    这份报告她没花什么力气,这是显而易见的嘛!
26. That day they all put on their very best dress.
    那天,他们都穿上了最好最好的衣服。
27. This is the very best coat I have.
    这是我现有的最好的上衣。
28. She is the very worst cook I have ever encountered.
    她的确是我遇到过的最糟糕的厨师。
29. The fault is your very own.
    这完全是你自己的过错。
30. You are a lucky boy to have your very own boat.
    你有一艘完全属于自己的小艇,真是幸运的孩子。
31. “Are you busy?”“ Not very.”
    “你很忙吗?”“不太忙。”
32. “Was the play interesting?”“ Not very.”
    “这出戏好看吗?”“不怎么好看。”
33. That's not a very nice thing for us to say.
    那样的事,我们不那么好说。
34. It's not very hot today.
    今天不很热。
35. We are not very keen on seeing that foreign film.
    我们不大想看那部外国影片。
36. It is very very different in nature,I think.
    据我看,性质大不一样。
37. Please send this letter off at once.—very good,sir.
    请马上把这封信发走。——好的,先生。
38. I did not make out very well on my last examination.
    上一次考试我考得不太好。
39. Oh,very well.I'll go with you if you're afraid to go alone.
    哦,好吧。如果你一个人不敢去的话,那我和你一起去。
40. Oh,very well.But I still think that I am right.
    哦,好吧。不过我还是认为我是对的。
41. I enjoyed your party very much.
    我对你的晚会非常欣赏。
42. She is very much changed.
    她的变化太大了。
43. Thank you very much indeed.
    真是万分感谢你。
44. Is that lobster alive?—Yes,be careful.It's very much alive.
    那只龙虾是活的吗?——是的,当心!它还是活生生的呢!
45. We need it very much.
    我们很需要它。
46. Thank you very much. — Not at all.
    非常感谢你。——别客气。

～+名词

• very%20little">very little极少一点
• very%20nature">very nature必然
• very%20eyes">one's very eyes就在某人的眼皮底下
• very%20thoughts">one's very thoughts正是某人的想法
• very%20back%20of%20the%20classroom">the very back of the classroom教室的最后面
• very%20end">the very end一直到终点
• very%20girl">the very girl正是那位姑娘
• very%20man">the very man正是那人
• very%20pinnacle%20of%20one%27s%20career">the very pinnacle of one's career正值某人一生中的顶峰时期
• very%20reverse%20of%20the%20truth">the very reverse of the truth与事实完全相反

～+形容词

• very%20alert">very alert很灵敏
• very%20amusing">very amusing很有趣
• very%20ashamed">very ashamed羞愧
• very%20foolish">very foolish十分愚蠢
• very%20good%20at">very good at很善于
• very%20important">very important十分重要
• very%20interested">very interested颇感兴趣
• very%20interesting">very interesting很有趣
• very%20low">very low太低
• very%20nervous">very nervous很紧张
• very%20pleased">very pleased非常高兴
• very%20popular">very popular常见的
• very%20weakened">very weakened大削弱

～+副词

• very%20hard">very hard努力
• very%20often">very often通常
• very%20soon">very soon很快
• very%20carefully">very carefully很仔细地
• very%20clearly">very clearly相当清楚
• very%20rapidly">very rapidly很快

• very God of very God.

  出自：Book of Common Prayer

• Half dead with very death still drawing nigh.

  出自：W. Morris

帮忙

A：You’ve beenvery (helpful/ kind/ considerate).
你（帮了我的忙/真好/ 想得真周到）。

B：My pleasure.
非常乐意。

经典对话

A：I think I could make youvery happy.
我想我能让你非常快乐。

B：Why? Are you leaving?
是吗？你是说你要离开？

肯定表达

A：I advise you to take a bus.
我建议你乘公交车。

B：I think your suggestion isvery acceptable.
我认为您的建议是非常可取的。

adj.(形容词)

1. very用作形容词,表示“实在的,真正的”“极端的”,在句中用作定语。
2. very和the,this,that,my,your,his连用,作“正是,就是,甚至于”解。
3. very的比较级verier现已不用,最高级形式veriest有时还用来加强语气。

adv.(副词)

1. very用作副词主要用于形容词、副词、限定词(如many,few,little等)前以加强语气,表示“很,非常,十分,极”。
2. very用于形容词最高级或own之前,表示“十足,完全”。
3. very用于否定结构时,含有“恰如其分”的意味,即相当于rather或fairly。not very(不很,不大)用起来比较委婉,美国人常用not so。very good或very well意为“好,可以,没问题”,常用来客气地表示同意或允诺,通常用在争论、劝说或被迫之后表示同意或答应。另外,very well有时也作反语用,表示说话人自己并不怎么愿意。very much放在宾语之后或置于实义动词之前,一般不可放在句子开头。
4. very可表示具体或抽象的位置极限。

same，identical，very，equal，equivalent

这些形容词均含“相同的”之意。

same可指相同的人或物，也可指在质量、外表或意义等方面相同，但实际上有差别的事物。

identical着重指人或物等在每细节上都完全相同。

very侧重指完全同一，没有区别。

equal多指在价值等方面相当而不相同的事物。

equivalent主要指有同样价值、效力或意义的两种不同的事物。

too，very

这两个副词均可表示“大，很”之意。

too指超过了承受能力或程度，即程度加到了不适当的地步。

very用于加强程度，可修饰褒义词和贬义词。

very，right，just

三者都含有“正好；就是”之意。

very是形容词，用来修饰名词，位于the, this，my等限定词后。

right作副词，用来修饰谓语（常为动词be）或作状语的介词短语等，须放在the, this，my等限定词之前。

just作副词与right类似。

adv.(副词)

他深深地爱上了那女孩。

误 He was very in love with that girl.

正 He was deeply in love with that girl.

析 very一词不能修饰介词短语。可将very改成deeply。

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的verai，意为真的；最初源自拉丁语的verax，意为真实的。