大学英语快速通关--adj,adv（二）

        We said good-bye to our friends, feeling regretful that we had to leave and would probably never see them again.
        He is out of work and dependent on his wife’s earnings.
        The parents are the most dependable persons for their children.
        Such a credulous fool as I was—I should have known better than to believe I’d get a contract.
        His story is hardly credible, how could all that happened to one person.
       
        比较级的修饰词
        比较级可以用much, far, a lot, a great deal, a little, a bit, by far来修饰。
        【例如】
         She is much more beautiful than I have thought. The situation is far more complicated than I have imagined. I can do a little better than you. Let me do it.
       
        形容词、副词比较级
        1)比较的成分要对等。
        【例如】
         He is more concerned about others than about himself. My father is in better health now than last year. The population of China is larger than that of America.
        2) the +比较级……，the +比较级……意为“越……，越……”。前面部分是从句，后面部分是主句。
        【例如】
        The harder you work, the more successful you will be. The earlier you come, the better place you can find
       
        几组常见副词的用法
       
        1) fairly, quite, rather表示“十分，非常”。fairly语气最弱，放在不定冠词之后；quite语气较强，放在不定冠词之前；rather语气最强，可放在不定冠词前后，也可放在比较级前和too之前。
        【例如】
        This is a fairly interesting story. I want to tell it to my friends.
        You have made quite a few mistakes in you writing. (quite a few = many)The weather is rather colder today than I have expected. The student was rather too dull.
        2) hardly, scarcely表示“几乎不”，含否定含义。用于句首时，句子用倒装语序。hardly和scarcely与when连用，表示“一……，就……”，相当于as soon as.
        【例如】
        Hardly had I arrived at the station when the train left.
        Scarcely had I entered the cinema when the film began.
        3) late意思是“晚”，lately意思为“近来”；high表示位置,highly表示程度；most作副词表示“最……”，mostly表示“主要的”。
        【例如】
         The plane flew high in the sky and soon disappeared. My teacher speaks highly of me. Remember not to be late next time. Have you ever heard from him lately? What do you like most? The village is mostly of brick houses.4) only too only too 表示“很，非常”。
        【例如】
        I am only too pleased to help you.