a little(Am.E) [a bit(Am.E), a little bit(Am.E), almost, awfully, deadly(Am.E), deathly(Am.E), deeply, desperately, extremely, genuinely, half, just, mortally, much, physically, rather, really, secretly, slightly, simply, suddenly, terribly, truly, very, very much] afraid
。
例如:
She was tense, almost afraid to open the letter. 她很紧张,几乎不敢打开信。
He was half afraid to look at her. 他有点不敢看她。
You do know, don't you? You are just afraid to tell me. 你确实知道,不是吗? 你只是不敢告诉我。
■注:有的语法专著认为very不能修饰afraid;只有 much 或very much才可修饰afraid。例如:Michael Swan著Practical English Usage (International Student’s Edition Eighth impression 2002)p28:
We often use very much instead of very before afraid, especially when I’m afraid means ‘I’m sorry to tell you’. 在afraid前面,经常用very much,而不单用very。如果I’m afraid 用来表示I’m sorry to tell you,尤其如此。
但实际上,现在英美语中都能用very 修饰afraid。
(1)
在BNC(英国国家语料库http: / / www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk)
和BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http: / / corpus.byu.edu / bnc / 上共有26 例 very afraid
(2)
在BYU: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
(http: / / corpus.byu / oed / )上共有1例very afraid
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