| 单词 | adverb |
| 释义 | adverb (once / 3175 pages) n An adverb is a word that modifies anything other than a noun, usually a verb. If you listen patiently to my grammar lesson, you will learn that patiently is an adverb in this sentence. Many adverbs end in –ly, like quickly, happily, or grudgingly. Sometimes adverbs are harder to spot. If I ask you to talk very loudly, then very is the adverb: it describes how you are supposed to talk. WORD FAMILYadverb: adverbial, adverbs+/adverbial: adverbially USAGE EXAMPLESIf you say that something is technically correct, you are suggesting that it is wrong – the adverb before “correct” implies a “but”. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) Bigly, an adverb, according to Merriam-Webster means “in a large fashion, with great scope or with bluster.” Seattle Times(Nov 07, 2016) The word seems to come out of nowhere, an isolated adverb that Franklin suspends over Oldham’s wheeling organ pattern, before completing the thought: Slate(Oct 28, 2016) 1n a word that modifies something other than a noun Hypo|Hyper positive, positive degree the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution comparative, comparative degreethe comparative form of an adjective or adverb superlative, superlative degreethe superlative form of an adjective or adverb adverbiala word or group of words function as an adverb modifier, qualifier a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb 2n the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses Hyper major form class any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
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