701　very和much

① very可以修饰形容词和副词原级，也在少数情况下修饰形容词最高级，或同own连用，表示“最大程度，完全，非常”。

The boy is very bright. 这孩子很聪明。

He came very quickly. 他很快就来了。

This cake ought to be good，because I used the very best butter. 这蛋糕应该很不错，因为我用了最最好的奶油。

I've done my very best. 我已尽了最大努力。

② very同定冠词（the）、指示代词（this，that，these，those）或物主代词（my，their）连用，修饰名词起加强语气的作用，意为“同一的，正是这个，恰好”，不用much。

He kept the room for his very own. 他把那个房间留给自己专用。

What she wants is the very book. 她要的正是这本书。

He regards honour as his very life. 他视名誉为自己的生命。

③ 修饰动词时要用much或very much，不用very。

I told her that didn't matter much. 我告诉她那关系不大。

I blame myself very much. 我深深地责备自己。

④ 修饰形容词或副词比较级时要用much，不用very。但much也可修饰形容词最高级，结构为：much+the+形容词最高级。

It was much worse than I thought. 这比我想的要糟糕得多。

She is much the best teacher here. 她是这里顶好的老师。

⑤ 修饰介词短语时应用much，不用very。

Much to my surprise she forgot the meeting. 使我大为吃惊的是，她忘了开会。

She is much in trouble. 她深陷困境。

⑥ 修饰afraid，alike等常用作表语的形容词时，美式英语常用very much，而英式英语常用much。

These soldiers were （very）much afraid of fighting in the city. 这些士兵非常害怕在城市里作战。

She is very much afraid of talking to her father. 她很怕同她父亲说话。

⑦ much和very均可修饰介词like。

Mary is much/very like her mother. 玛丽非常像她母亲。

⑧ very用于修饰现在分词转化来的-ing形容词或已转化为普通形容词的-ed形容词；much或very much用于修饰动词意义强烈的-ed分词。

He told us a very amusing story. 他给我们讲了一个非常有趣的故事。

What he knows is very limited. 他知道的东西非常有限。

She was much/very much annoyed at his decision. 她对他的决定非常恼火。

I was much touched by her sincerity. 我深深地被她的真诚感动了。