It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pre...It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pretty.选c,为什么

It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pre...It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pretty.选c,为什么
It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pre...
It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live
A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pretty.
选c,为什么

It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pre...It was a nice house,but ( ) too small for a family to live A rarely.B fairly.C rather.D pretty.选c,为什么
rarely是否定副词,“几乎不”的意思.
fairly 喜欢跟褒义词,如fairly well ,fairly comfortable
rather 后面经常跟贬义的,如It is rather cold today .也可以跟too
pretty 后面不跟too
这几个词不太好区分.

rather too +adj
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A rarely.adv. 很少地；难得；罕有地
B fairly adv. 相当地；公平地；简直
C rather 相当
D pretty.非常
这是一间很漂亮的房子，但是一家人住相当的小。

rather too稍微...一点
这房子还不错，但是一家人住就稍微小了一点。

fairly﹑ quite﹑ rather﹑ pretty这几个副词均可表示‘适度地’﹑ ‘在某种程度上’或‘不很’的意思, 常用以改变所修饰的形容词或副词的分量.
fairly词义最弱而pretty词义最强, 也最通俗, 但词义的强弱受口语表达时的语调的影响很大。
rather或pretty与褒义词连用时, 听起来心情愉快:
a rather/pretty good...

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fairly﹑ quite﹑ rather﹑ pretty这几个副词均可表示‘适度地’﹑ ‘在某种程度上’或‘不很’的意思, 常用以改变所修饰的形容词或副词的分量.
fairly词义最弱而pretty词义最强, 也最通俗, 但词义的强弱受口语表达时的语调的影响很大。
rather或pretty与褒义词连用时, 听起来心情愉快:
a rather/pretty good play 一出相 当好的戏.
这两个词与贬义词或可褒可贬的词连用时, 表示不赞成或不满意:
rather/pretty poor work 相当差的工作
I'm rather/pretty warm. 我很热.
It's rather/pretty small/big. 这可太小[大]了.
fairly多与褒义词连用: fairly tidy, spacious, friendly, etc 挺整洁﹑ 宽敞﹑热情等 (compare 试比较: rather untidy, cramped, unfriendly, etc 很零乱﹑ 狭窄﹑ 冷淡等).
只有rather可与比较级的词语和too连用:
The house is rather bigger than we thought. 这所房子比我们想的大得多.
These shoes are rather too small. 这双鞋未免太小了.
rather和quite与‘不定冠词+形容词+名词’连用时, 可置於不定冠词之前:
rather/quite a nice day 十分晴朗的一天
a rather/quite/fairly/pretty nice day 十分晴朗的一天.

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