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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ve·ry1 /ˈveri/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb  1  [+adj/adverb]VERY used to emphasize an adjective, adverb, or phrase 很，非常〔用于强调形容词、副词或短语〕 It feels very cold today. 今天很冷。 The fishing industry is very important to the area. 捕鱼业对于该地区非常重要。 The traffic’s moving very slowly this morning. 今天早上车流非常缓慢。 problems that are very similar to mine 和我非常相似的问题 I feel a lot better – thank you very much. 我感觉好多了，非常感谢。 I’m very, very (=used for emphasis) pleased you can come. 你能来我真是非常高兴。 It’s very kind of you to help. 您来帮忙真是太好了。 My sister and I were married on the very same (=exactly the same) day. 我和姐姐在同一天结婚。the very best/latest/worst etc We only use the very best ingredients. 我们只用最好的配料。2  not very good/happy/far etc NOTnot good etc at all 根本不好/不高兴/不远等 I’m just not very good at spelling. 我的拼写一点也不好。 The garden’s not very big, is it? 花园很小，是吗？ The assistant wasn’t very helpful. 那个助手一点忙也帮不上。 ‘Was the talk interesting?’ ‘Not very (=only slightly).’ “讲座有意思吗？”“不是很有意思。3  your very own OWNused to emphasize the fact that something belongs to one particular person and to no one else 完全属于某人自己的〔强调某物归某人所有〕 She was thrilled at the idea of having her very own toys to play with. 想到有完全属于自己的玩具可以玩，她非常兴奋。of your very own At last, she had a home of her very own. 她终于有了一个完全属于她自己的家。4  informal used with adjectives to say that the quality something has is very noticeable or typical 显著地，典型地〔和形容词连用〕 It was a very male reaction, I thought. 我想这是男人典型的反应。 His films are always very French. 他的电影总是很有法国特色。5  very much so spoken used to emphasize your agreement or approval 非常…〔用于加强赞同的语气〕 ‘Are you serious?’ ‘Very much so.’ “你是认真的吗？”“非常认真。6. very well old-fashioned spoken used to agree to something 很好，好的〔表示同意〕5 GRAMMAR 语法• Do not use very with adjectives that have ‘very’ as part of their meaning, for example ‘terrible’ (= very bad ) and ‘fascinating’ (= very interesting ). Just use the adjective, or use absolutely to emphasize it. 不要将very和已包含“非常”之意的形容词连用，如terrible (非常糟糕的)和fascinating(非常有趣的) 。 这些形容词单独使用即可，或用absolutely来强调a terrible car crash一起非常严重的车祸• Do not use very on its own with verbs and prepositional phrases. Use very much. 不要将very单独与动词和介词短语连用，而要用very muchI felt absolutely terrible.我感觉糟透了 。• In more formal English, much can sometimes be used without ‘very’ before a past participle or a preposition. 在较为正式的英语中，much有时可单独用在过去分词或介词之前He very much regrets what happened.他对发生的事情深感遗憾。Their efforts were very much appreciated.他们的努力深受赞赏。I liked him very much.我很喜欢他。He was very much in demand as a lecturer.作为演讲者，他很受欢迎。The point has been much disputed.这一点颇有争议。China has been much in the news recently.近来中国常被报道。n GRAMMAR: Adjectives that already mean ‘very’Some adjectives already mean ‘very’, for example terrible (=very bad), wonderful (=very good), or hilarious (=very funny). Don’t use ‘very’ with these adjectives. Use really or absolutely instead. You say: It was a really terrible experience.I feel absolutely great. ✗Don’t say: It was a very terrible experience. | I feel very great.n GRAMMAR: Comparisonvery• You use very with adjectives and adverbs: She is very happy.The train was moving very slowly. very much• You use very much with the comparative form of adjectives: She is very much happier now.I feel very much better.• You use very much with verbs: He very much regrets what happened.Thank you very much.• You use very much with prepositional phrases: The company’s future is very much in doubt. She was very much in demand as a speaker.

Examples from the Corpus

very• "Was it a good movie?" "Yes, very."• Carter went to the very best schools.• I see this very clearly underneath your politeness.• It's very cold outside.• Your house is very different from the way I'd imagined it.• Sid gets embarrassed very easily.• Juan is a very good dancer.• This meeting is very important, so be on time.• I was not stupid, but I was very lazy.• Clearly this is consistent both with a period of about a day and with a very long period.• Olive trees especially may embody the Goddess, for they live a very long time.• These are very much right-brain tasks, involving both that posterior parietal area and a region of frontal lobe.• Only the very old people remembered Albert Porter, and their eyesight was no better than their memory.• He was a very physical person and I recall as a child lying on his chest.• The ambassador made a brief statement, saying that the talks had been very productive.• Everything was happening very quickly, and I don't remember it all.• There is a very real possibility that two stores will have to be closed.• The two brothers died on the very same day.• When I was in high school, I was always very thin.• During our time working together I got to know her very well.the very best/latest/worst etc• The results show an unacceptably wide difference between the performance of the very best and that of the very worst.• The project deserves the very best care and attention.• It would be nice to believe that the Health Secretary spends all his time understanding the very latest developments in heart-lung transplants.• It was one of the very best I've spent in 30 years of climbing round the world.• One can scarcely expect to average more than about eight hours per day even in the very best locations on Earth.• Lew Hoad was the very best player at tennis as well, simultaneously, as the very best sportsman at sportsmanship.• Each hall offers an advanced technical specification and the very latest technology.• Laura had always aspired to the very best within a certain budget; her budget had now expanded.very2 ●●○ S3 W3 adjective [only before noun]  EXACTused to emphasize that you are talking exactly about one particular thing or person 同一的，正是的，恰好的〔用以加强语气〕 He died in this very room. 他就是在这个房间里去世的。 I’ll start at the very beginning. 我要从头开始。 Those were his very words. 那就是他的原话。 You’d better start doing some work this very minute (=now, not later). 你最好现在就开始干点活。 That might provoke a riot, the very thing he was trying to avoid. 那可能会激起一场骚乱，而这正是他竭力想要避免的。 The very fact that you are reading this book suggests you want to improve your fitness. 你在看这本书正说明了你想改善自己的健康状况。 By its very nature, capitalism involves exploitation of the worker. 资本主义最根本的本质就是要剥削劳动者 。 His life’s work was being destroyed before his very eyes (=directly in front of him). 他毕生的成果就在他的眼前被人糟蹋。the very thought/idea/mention (of something) (=just thinking about or suggesting something) 一想到/提到(某事) The very thought of food made me feel ill. 一想到吃的东西我就恶心。n COLLOCATIONSnounsthe very endTo the very end of his life he remained a controversial figure.the very beginningIt is clear from the very beginning of the play that he is a weak and unpopular ruler.the very heart of somethingThe hotel is located in the very heart of the city.the very fact thatThe very fact that this is their second home means that they are well-off.the/that/this very momentAt that very moment, the doorbell rang.the/that very thingHow can he say that it's wrong, and then go and do that very thing himself?the very nature/essence of somethingAs a travel writer, the very nature of his job meant that he travelled a lot.the very existence of somethingIf the new project fails, it could threaten the very existence of the company.the very idea/thought (=just an idea or suggestion)The very idea of acting on stage scares the pants off me.this/that very reasonI want everyone to be able to cook my recipes, so for that very reason I chose inexperienced cooks to test them.

Examples from the Corpus

very• I must have known that those were the very advantages I had been denying myself in denying myself food.• One photograph was of a very beautiful man.• Sandison bought a very fine pale grey hat with a wide, flat brim and a white hatband.• One day we may meet that villain, or the many like him, and have to fight for our very lives.• These were the very qualities required in the political arena.• This is a very straight forward part and shouldn't present any problems.• It was this very vision that drew him to a man with whom he had so little in common besides.the very thought/idea/mention (of something)• My throat hurts again at the very thought!• Indeed, for many the very idea of attaining a political focus has been discarded in favour of a celebration of fragmentation.• But today the very thought of chicken tikka made me want to die.• He rejects, it is true, the very idea of consistency in principle as important for its own sake.• I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them, let alone playing the teacher.• Finally, the very thought of one more sweet and sticky mouthful would make him sick.• And what enlightened people would not be proud of having originated the very idea of philosophical inquiry?• More than seventy years later, the very mention of Uncle Haywood was still distasteful to Miss Sadie.Origin very2 (1200-1300) Old French verai, from Latin verax “truthful”, from verus “true”

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ve‧ry¹ S1 W1 /ˈveri/ adverb
1. [+ adjective/adverb] used to emphasize an adjective, adverb, or phrase:
    It feels very cold today.
    The fishing industry is very important to the area.
    The traffic’s moving very slowly this morning.
    problems that are very similar to mine
    I feel a lot better – thank you very much.
    I’m very, very (=used for emphasis) pleased you can come.
    It’s very kind of you to help.
    My sister and I were married on the very same (=exactly the same) day.
    the very best/latest/worst etc
    We only use the very best ingredients.
2. not very good/happy/far etc
  not good etc at all:
    I’m just not very good at spelling.
    The garden’s not very big, is it?
    The assistant wasn’t very helpful.
    ‘Was the talk interesting?’ ‘Not very (=only slightly).’
3. your very own used to emphasize the fact that something belongs to one particular person and to no one else:
    She was thrilled at the idea of having her very own toys to play with.
    of your very own
    At last, she had a home of her very own.
4. informal used with adjectives to say that the quality something has is very noticeable or typical:
    It was a very male reaction, I thought.
    His films are always very French.
5. very much so spoken used to emphasize your agreement or approval:
    ‘Are you serious?’ ‘Very much so.’
6. very well old-fashioned spoken used to agree to something
     
GRAMMAR
  Do not use very with adjectives that have 'very' as part of their meaning, for example 'terrible' (=very bad) and 'fascinating' (=very interesting). Just use the adjective, or use absolutely to emphasize it:
  ▪ a terrible car crash
  ▪ I felt absolutely terrible.
  Do not use very on its own with verbs and prepositional phrases. Use very much:
  ▪ He very much regrets what happened.
  ▪ Their efforts were very much appreciated.
  ▪ I liked him very much.
  ▪ He was very much in demand as a lecturer.
  In more formal English, much can sometimes be used without 'very' before a past participle or a preposition:
  ▪ The point has been much disputed.
  ▪ China has been much in the news recently.

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very² S2 W1 adjective [only before noun]used to emphasize that you are talking exactly about one particular thing or person:
    He died in this very room.
    I’ll start at the very beginning.
    Those were his very words.
    You’d better start doing some work this very minute (=now, not later).
    That might provoke a riot, the very thing he was trying to avoid.
    The very fact that you are reading this book suggests you want to improve your fitness.
    By its very nature, capitalism involves exploitation of the worker.
    His life’s work was being destroyed before his very eyes (=directly in front of him).
    the very thought/idea/mention (of something) (=just thinking about or suggesting something)
    The very thought of food made me feel ill.
     

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   ▪ the very end To the very end of his life he remained a controversial figure.
   ▪ the very beginning It is clear from the very beginning of the play that he is a weak and unpopular ruler.
   ▪ the very heart of something The hotel is located in the very heart of the city.
   ▪ the very fact that The very fact that this is their second home means that they are well-off.
   ▪ the/that/this very moment At that very moment, the doorbell rang.
   ▪ the/that very thing How can he say that it's wrong, and then go and do that very thing himself?
   ▪ the very nature/essence of something As a travel writer, the very nature of his job meant that he travelled a lot.
   ▪ the very existence of something If the new project fails, it could threaten the very existence of the company.
   ▪ the very idea/thought (=just an idea or suggestion) The very idea of acting on stage scares the pants off me.
   ▪ this/that very reason I want everyone to be able to cook my recipes, so for that very reason I chose inexperienced cooks to test them.