very: [13] Latin vērus meant ‘true’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European *wēros, source also of German wahr ‘true’, and it has also given English verdict, verify [14], verisimilitude [17], and veritable [15]). From it was derived Vulgar Latin *vērāius, which passed into English via Old French verai. Very was originally exclusively an adjective, meaning ‘true’. It was not used as an adverb, meaning ‘truly’, until the 14th century, and its modern role as an intensifier did not begin to emerge until the 15th century. => verdict, verify
very (adj.)
late 13c., verray "true, real, genuine," later "actual, sheer" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French verrai, Old French verai "true, truthful, sincere; right, just, legal," from Vulgar Latin *veracus, from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (source also of Italian vero), from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy" (cognates: Old English w?r "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true;" Old Church Slavonic vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief"). Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.
雙語例句
1. The papers in maths and English are very testing.
數(shù)學(xué)試卷和英語試卷很難。
來自柯林斯例句
2. If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.
如果皮膚發(fā)紅、瘙癢或脫皮，要向醫(yī)生咨詢。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
很可能他已經(jīng)告訴他們自己擁有美國商業(yè)利益.
來自柯林斯例句
4. There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
對于這個決定的反應(yīng)非常不一致。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He had been behaving very meanly to his girlfriend.