在英语中有些形容词置于形容词或名词之前可以起强调作用。比如good置于名词或形容词之前,起强调作用,在不同的句子中可译为:“足足”、“整整”、“狠狠地”、“相当”、“很”等。例如:
It'll take you agood four hours to get there.到达那里足足需要你四个小时。
His father gave him agood beating.他父亲狠狠地揍了他一顿。
I covered agood hundred miles that day.那天我整整走了一百英里。
而good和and结合起来构成程序副词作状语,表示强调。相当于very,thoroughly,completely等,强调and之后的形容词或副词。“good + and + 形容词或副词”这样的句式常用于口语当中。
1、good +and + 形容词,列如:
The flowers are good and beautiful.
这些花看起来非常漂亮。
The father was good and angry when Jack came home rather late.
杰克回家很晚,父亲十分生气。
The hostess prepared me a cup of tea, good and strong.
女主人给我冲了一杯茶, 浓浓的。
2、good +and + 副词,如:
I beat him good and hard. 我狠狠地揍了他一顿。
He drove good and fast. 他开车开得飞快。
除good之外,形容词nice,fine,sweet,rare,lovely等词也可以与and连用构成这一句式表强调。如:
The child was rare and hungry.这孩子饿得慌。
It was lovely and cool there.那儿非常凉爽。
I followed him into the room, fine and ashamed. 我十分羞愧地跟着他进了房间。
I didn’t like the speech, but at least it was nice and short.
我不喜欢这个讲话,