| 词组 | enough |
| 释义 | enough ◊ after adjectives and adverbs You use enough after an adjective or adverb to say that someone or something has as much of a quality as is needed. It's big enough. We have a long enough list. It seemed that Henry had not been careful enough. I was not a good enough rider. The student isn't trying hard enough. If you want to say who the person or thing is acceptable to, you add a prepositional phrase beginning with 'for'. That's good enough for me. Will that be soon enough for you? If you find that the white wine is not cold enough for you, ask for some ice to be put in it. If you want to say that someone has as much of a quality as they need in order to do something, you add a 'to'-infinitive after enough. The children are old enough to travel to school on their own. You can also use a 'to'-infinitive after enough to say that something has as much of a quality as is needed for someone to be aware of it or to do something with it. Between enough and the 'to'-infinitive you put a prepositional phrase beginning with 'for'. The bullets passed close enough for us to hear their whine. Another way of saying that something has as much of a quality as is needed for something to be done with it is simply to add a 'to'-infinitive after enough. For example, instead of saying 'The boat was close enough for me to touch it', you can say 'The boat was close enough to touch'. None of the crops was ripe enough to eat. Some employers claim that women don't stay long enough to train. ◊ WARNING You do not use a 'that'-clause after enough when you are saying what is needed for something to be possible. Enough is sometimes used after an adjective to confirm or emphasize that something or someone has a particular quality. It's a common enough dilemma. When you make a statement of this kind, you often add a second statement that contrasts with it. She's likeable enough, but very ordinary. ◊ used as a determiner Enough is used in front of the plural form of a count noun to say that there are as many things or people as are needed. There aren't enough neutrons for the reaction to be sustained. I asked Professor Bailey whether there were enough women going into engineering. You can also use enough in front of an uncount noun to say that there is as much of something as is needed. We had enough room to store all the information. He hasn't had enough exercise. ◊ used after a noun Enough is sometimes used after uncount nouns such as 'room', 'time', or 'food'. For example, you can say either 'There was enough room to park a car' or 'There was room enough to park a car'. There is no difference in meaning; however, it is more common to put enough in front of the noun. There would never be room enough for everything. He would have time enough to get to the milking sheds before dark. ◊ 'enough of' You do not use enough immediately in front of a noun group beginning with a determiner, or in front of a pronoun. Instead you use enough of. Just bring enough of the things your baby likes best. There's not enough of them to go round. They haven't had enough of it. When you use enough of in front of a plural noun or pronoun, you use a plural form of a verb with it. Eventually enough of these shapes were collected. There were enough of them to form an identifiable group. When you use enough of in front of a singular or uncount noun or a singular pronoun, you use a singular form of a verb with it. There has always been enough of the colonial tradition to make it easy to evoke these responses. There is enough of it for everybody. ◊ used as a pronoun Enough can be used on its own as a pronoun. I've got enough to worry about. Enough has been said about this already. ◊ 'not enough' Note that you do not use enough, or enough and a noun, as the subject of a negative sentence. You do not say, for example, 'Enough people didn't come'. You say 'Not enough people came'. Not enough has been done to help them. Not enough has been said, and I'm sure everyone realizes this. Not enough attention is paid at the design stage of the machinery. ◊ modifying adverbs You can use adverbs such as 'nearly', 'almost', 'just', 'hardly', and 'quite' in front of enough. This was nearly enough to lose them their chance of winning. At present there is just enough to feed them. There was hardly enough time to get the by-pass completed. You can also use these adverbs in front of an expression consisting of an adjective and enough. We are all nearly young enough to be mistaken for students. Some of these creatures are just large enough to see with the naked eye. ...children who are hardly old enough to be out on their own. ◊ used with sentence adverbs You can use enough after sentence adverbs like 'interestingly' or 'strangely' to draw attention to a surprising quality in what you are saying. Interestingly enough, this proportion has not increased. I find myself strangely enough in agreement with John for a change. Funnily enough, old people seem to love bingo. |
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