1. alone此詞的關(guān)鍵是要把握住與其相似詞lonely的區(qū)別。
alone adj.& adv. “單獨的; 獨自地”
lonely adj. 修飾人時,意為“寂寞的”;修飾物時,意為“荒涼的;人煙稀少的”。如:
The old man lived alone on the lonely island, and he felt very lonely.老人獨自一人住在荒島上,他感到很孤獨。
alone放在名詞、代詞后時用作adj., 意為“單獨的; 獨一無二的”。如:
He alone knows the secret. 只有他一人知道這個秘密。
The key alone will open the door. 只有這把鑰匙能開這個門。
2. majority(常與of連用)“多數(shù);半數(shù)以上”,謂語動詞單復數(shù)均可。如:
The majority is / are for the plan. 大多數(shù)人支持這個計劃。
The majority of children in the class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes. 班里大多數(shù)孩子是棕色眼睛,只有三個是藍眼睛。
另有習慣用語:in the majority “擁有多數(shù)的;占多數(shù)的”。如:
We are in the majority. 我們是多數(shù)/占多數(shù)。
3. widely adv. “廣泛地”
a widely used language 廣泛使用的語言
另外,wide 除了作形容詞外也可作副詞,如:a wide street寬闊的街道; wide interests 廣泛的興趣; open one's eyes wide 睜大眼睛。相類似的還有high / highly; close / closely等。它們的區(qū)別是:以ly構(gòu)成的副詞多表示抽象意義,而不加ly的副詞表示的含義比較具體。如:
James always holds his head high.(高高地) / He spoke highly of her.(高度地)
He stood close against the wall.(接近地)/ We listen to the teacher closely in class.(仔細地)