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定义
(he is) by far (the best): 到目前为止（他是最棒的）
示例
- "It was by far the most complicated, time-consuming and needlessly bureaucratic form I have ever completed: I was in pure ecstasy."
- "You are my favorite union representative by far."
- "All I can say is this: working here is by far the most exciting professional experience I've ever had."
- "Moira : The weeks preceding and following Christmas day are by far the busiest shopping periods of the year, with record amounts of money pouring in nationwide."
练习 1
Complete the sentences below in order to add emphasis to the superlative adjectives.
Jean is only interested in drinking the best wine.
Our company only employs the brightest technicians.
Horatio is the most gifted perfumer I have ever met.
Jean is only interested in drinking the best wine.
Our company only employs the brightest technicians.
Horatio is the most gifted perfumer I have ever met.
Complete the sentences below in order to add emphasis to the superlative adjectives.
Jean is only interested in drinking the very 1 best wine.
Our company only employs the very 2 brightest technicians.
Horatio is by far 3 the most gifted perfumer I have ever met.
Jean is only interested in drinking the very 1 best wine.
Our company only employs the very 2 brightest technicians.
Horatio is by far 3 the most gifted perfumer I have ever met.
1 very: To emphasize a superlative adjective, we can use the formula the + very + superlative adjective. This emphasizes that something is the best without exception, or the absolute best. Another example: "We sell only the very finest chocolate that money can buy". Note that this only works with "short" superlative adjectives (those which end in "-st": biggest, furthest, best, etc.).
1 most: You should never use the word "most" immediately before a superlative adjective ending in "-st". This is redundant because it repeats information unnecessarily. We use "most" to write the superlative form of long adjectives (with two or more syllables), for example: most interesting, most delicious, most outrageous, most distant.
1 extremely: We can use "extremely" to emphasize simple adjectives, but not superlative adjectives. For example: "Please savor this wine, because it is extremely expensive".
2 very: "The very brightest technicians" are the technicians who are absolutely the most intelligent. The use of "very" stresses or emphasizes the superlative adjective "brightest" (which means "most intelligent"). Another example: "She was the very bravest woman I had ever met".
2 by far: We can use the phrase "by far" to emphasize a superlative adjective, but it cannot be placed between "the" and the adjective: this is the wrong word order. We could say: "Our technicians are by far the brightest in the industry" (before the word "the") or "Our technicians are the brightest in the industry by far" (at the end of the sentence).
2 much: We use "much" to emphasize comparative adjectives, not superlative adjectives. We could say: "Our technicians are much brighter than those working for our competitors".
3 by far: Another way of emphasizing a superlative adjective is to add "by far" before the word "the". Note that we could also place "by far" at the end of the sentence: "Horatio is the most gifted perfumer I have ever met by far". Both sentences convey that Horatio is much more gifted than other perfumers. Another example: "That is by far the most beautiful giraffe in the whole zoo".
3 very: Although we can use the word "very" to emphasize superlative adjectives, it must be placed between the word "the" and the adjective. In addition, this only works with "short" superlatives that end in the letters "-st": we can't use it with superlatives that use the word "more". For example: "Horatio is the very greatest perfumer of all".
3 far: We can't use the word "far" on its own to emphasize superlative adjectives. However, it can be used to emphasize comparative adjectives. For example: "Horatio is far more talented than most other perfumers I have met; he is also far ruder".
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