(一) late/lately late 意為“遲,晚”,置於句末或動詞後。He goes to bed late and gets up late。lately 意為“近來,最近”,相當於 recently ,可置於句首也可置於句末。Lately I‘ve collected a lot of foreign stamps。

(二) pretty/prettily pretty 與 rather, very 相近,意為“相當,十分”。It’s pretty cold outdoors today。prettily 意為“漂亮地,有禮貌地”。She was prettily dressed at the party。

(三) hard/hardly hard 意為“努力地,猛烈地”。It is raining hard。hardly 意為“幾乎不,簡直不”,常置於行為動詞前或情態動詞、助動詞、系動詞之後。I was so tired that I could hardly walk。

(四) new/newly new 作副詞一般用在某些合成詞中,常與過去分詞構成合成形容詞,兩個詞之間有連字元。a new-born babya new-laid eggnewly 意為“新近地”,一般用於修飾過去分詞,中間無連字元。They are a newly married couple。Don‘t sit on the newly painted chair。

(五) easy/easily easy 作副詞意義和 easily 相同,但它僅用於某些慣用語中。如: Take it easy。 彆著急。Easy come, easy go。 來得容易,去得快。Easier said than done。 說來容易做來難。Stand easy! 稍息!Easily 意為“容易地,輕鬆地,隨便地”。He lots his temper easily。 他很容易發火。

(六) firm/firmly firm 與 firmly 意義相同,它僅用於與某些動詞的習慣搭配中。如: hole firm , stand firm 。Whatever they may say, I’ll stand firm by you。 無論他們說什麼,我都會堅定地站在你身邊。firmly 意為“牢牢地,堅定地”,可放在動詞前,也可放在動詞後。I firmly believe in his leadership。我堅信他的領導。“We won‘t give in,” he said firmly。“我們決不投降。”他堅定地說。

(七) deep/deeply deep 意為“深深地”時主要表示具體可感的深度,一般不放在實義動詞前。He went deep into the water。They dug deep for the treasure。deeply “深深地,深入地”常用於表示抽象的概念,用於引申義,動詞之後或過去分詞之前。He was deeply moved by their story。

(八) direct/directly direct 意為“直接地,一直地”,它多用來表示時間或路程,不能置於動詞前。He flew direct to New York。他直接飛往紐約。directly 可表示“直接地,直率地,直截了當地,馬上”等意。He drove directly to school。He answered me directly。他直率地回答了我的問題。

(九) loud/loudly loud 作副詞意為“大聲地”,常與 talk, speak, sing, laugh 等詞連用,它不能置於動詞前。They laughed loud and long。他們大聲笑了很久。Facts speak louder than words。事實勝於雄辯。loudly 表示“雜、亂、大”的聲音。The bomb exploded loudly。She cried loudly。

(十) most/mostly most 作副詞,意為“最,非常”,修飾動詞時,不能置於動詞和賓語之間。I like swimming most。mostly 意為“絕大多數,大部分地,主要地”。如:The students are mostly from the countryside。 (=Most of the students are from the countryside。)The medicine is mostly sugar and water。這種藥的主要成分是糖和水。

(十一) first/firstly first 意為“首先,起初,開始時,第一次”。First, I’d like to make a self-introdu

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