IELTS考试费又涨了，快来说说你有没有做好和雅思尽快“一刀两断”的决心？？

在整个IELTS考试的四个单项中，speaking和writing是让中国烤鸭最头疼的。

“我就想要个小分过6，怎么作文永远5.5？”

“我都对writing定向突破快半年了，怎么还是跨不过7的坎？”~~诸如此类的烦恼，小编不知道听了多少遍。

 

那我们就从一个简单的问题开始：

有没有数过你的作文里出现了多少个very？

 

嗯在大家数数的时候呢，小编先来给大家介绍一下“very”君。

 

VERY

Mark Twain said it best: “Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

马克吐温总结的最好：你每次倾向于写very的时候呢，就用damn来代替。然后你的编辑器就会把它删掉，然后你的文章就变成了它应当成为的最好的模样。

 

The words “very” or “really” (or any intensifier) are just other ways of increasing the value of a word without adding anything descriptive. You're also using two words when one would suffice which, unless you're getting paid by the word, is best to avoid. Instead of saying “very loud” like in our example sentence, try “deafening,” “thunderous,” or “piercing.” Not only do they roughly mean the same as “very loud” but they are much more descriptive.

Very和really都只是增加一个词数的方式，并没有增强整个句子的描述性。事实上，你只是在用两个词去表达一个词就足够的东西。除非那个词会付你薪水，不然的话，还是直接避免使用它吧。。

所以very可是useless words的状元爷，也可以说是考生们最爱滥用的词汇之一。

 

那么今天，小编要带你一起迈出一小步，教你如何不用very，让你的形容词升级表达更强烈的感情~~

来和考官秀一发词汇量吧~

 

 

-Don't say very accurate

-Say exact

very afraid →  fearful

very angry →  furious

very annoying →  exasperating

very bad  →  awful

very beautiful  →  gorgeous

very big  →  massive

very boring  →  dull

very bright  →  luminous

very busy  →  swamped

 

very clam  →  serene

very careful  →  cautious

very cheap  →  stingy

very clean  →  spotless

very clear  →  obvious

very cold  →  freezing

very colorful  →  vibrant

very competitive  →  cutthroat

very complete  →  comprehensive

 

-Don't say very cute

-Say adorable

very confused  →  perplexed

very creative  →  innovation

very crowded  →  bustling

very dangerous  →  perilous

very dear  →  cherished

very deep  →  profound

very depressed  →  despondent

very detailed  →  meticulous

very different  →  disparate

 

very difficult  →  arduous

very dirty  →  filthy

very dry  →  arid

very dull  →  tedious

very easy  →  effortless

very empty  →  desolate

very excited  →  thrilled

very exciting  →  exhilarating

very expensive  →  costly

 

-Don't say very fast

-Say swift

very fancy  →  lavish

very fat  →  obese

very friendly  →  amiable

very frightened  →  alarmed

very frightening  →  terrifying

very funny  →  hilarious

very glad  →  overjoyed

very good  →  excellent

very great  →  terrific

 

very happy  →  ecstatic

very hard  →  difficult

very hard-to-find  →  rare

very heavy  →  leaden

very high  →  soaring

very hot  →  sweltering

very huge  →  colossal

very hungry  →  starving

very hurt  →  battered

 

-Don't say very loud

-Say thunderous

very important  →  crucial

very intelligent  →  brilliant

very interesting  →  captivating

very large  →  huge

very lazy  →  indolent

very little  →  tiny

very long  →  extensive

very long-term  →  enduring

very loose  →  slack

 

very mean  →  cruel

very messy  →  slovenly

very necessary  →  essential

very nervous  →  apprehensive

very nice  →  kind

very noisy  →  deafening

very often  →  frequently

very old  →  ancient

very old-fashioned  →  archaic

 

-Don't say very slow

-Say sluggish

very open  →  transparent

very painful  →  excruciating

very pale  →  ashen

very perfect  →  flawless

very poor  →  destitute

very powerful  →  compelling

very pretty  →  beautiful

very quick  →  rapid

very quiet  →  hushed

 

very rainy  →  pouring

very rich  →  wealthy

very sad  →  sorrowful

very scared  →  petrified

very scary  →  chilling

very serious  →  grave

very sharp  →  keen

very shiny  →  gleaming

very short  →  brief

 

-Don't say very upset

-Say distraught

very shy  →  timid

very simple  →  basic

very skinny  →  skeletal

very small  →  petite

very smart  →  intelligent

very smelly  →  pungent

very smooth  →  sleek

very soft  →  downy

very sorry  →  apologetic

very special  →  exceptional

very strong  →  forceful

 

very stupid  →  idiotic

very sure  →  certain

very sweet  →  thoughtful

very talented  →  gifted

very tall  →  towering

very tasty  →  delicious

very thirsty  →  parched

very tight  →  constricting

very tiny  →  minuscule

very tired  →  exhausted

very ugly  →  hideous

 

very unhappy  →  miserable

very upset  →  distraught

very warm  →  hot

very weak  →  frail

very well-to-do  →  wealthy

very wet  →  soaked

very wide  →  expansive

very willing  →  eager

very windy  →  blustery

very wise  →  sage

very  worried  →  distressed