| 词组 | far |
| 释义 | far ◊ distance You use how far when you are asking about a distance. How far is it to Charles City? How far is Amity from here? He asks us how far we have come. However, you do not use far when you are stating a distance. You do not say, for example, that something is 10 kilometres 'far' from a place. You say that it is 10 kilometres from the place or 10 kilometres away from it. The property was a mere fifty miles from the ocean. I was about five miles away from some hills. You use far in questions and negative sentences to mean 'a long distance'. For example, if you say that it is not far to a place, you mean that the place is not a long distance from where you are. Do tell us more about it, Lee. Is it far? It isn't far now. I don't live far from here. You do not use far like this in positive sentences. You do not say, for example, that a place is 'far'. You say that it is far away or a long way away. The lightning was far away. He is far away in Australia. That's up in the Cairngorms, which is quite a long way away. In modern English, far is not used in front of a noun. You do not, for example, talk about 'far hills'. Instead you use distant or faraway. ...a distant blue plain. ...the faraway sound of a waterfall. ◊ degree or extent You also use far in questions and negative sentences to talk about the degree or extent to which something happens. How far have you got in developing this? Prices will not come down very far. None of us would trust them very far. ◊ used as an intensifier You use far in front of comparatives to say that something has very much more of a quality than something else. For example, if you say that one thing is far bigger than another, you mean that it is very much bigger than the other thing. It is a far better picture than the other one. The situation was far more dangerous than Woodward realized. Far more in front of a noun means 'very much more' or 'very many more'. He had to process far more information than before. Professional training was provided in far more forms than in Europe. You can also use far in front of 'too'. For example, if you say that something is far too big, you mean that it is very much bigger than it should be. I was far too polite. Managements are still being far too optimistic. You can use far in front of 'too much' or 'too many'. For example, if you say that there is far too much of something, you mean that there is a very much greater quantity than is necessary or desirable. Teachers are being bombarded with far too much new information. Every middle-class child gets far too many toys. See also entry at ↑ |
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