Question

There was a heavy snow last night. This morning is _______ outside.

There was a heavy snow last night. This morning is _______ outside.
A. too rather cold B. rather too cold C. such cold D. fairly cold

答案为什么是B, 而不是 D 呢?

Answer 1

fairly , quite , rather , pretty表示"非常的"意思的时候,程度是逐渐加强的,fairly最弱,pretty最强,所以选rather和heavy snow相呼应.

另外当rather修饰large、small或其它性质的形容词时，往往表示太大或太小而不合适，特别是在形容词前有too时,这个句子"rather too cold outside"表示"太冷以至于不适合户外活动"

Answer 2

程度不同，b更深，跟heavy snow呼应

Answer 3

fairly 一般修饰比较褒义的词类，如fairly good ,而 rather一般修饰贬义或意思不太好的词类

Answer 4

fairly 是完全地意思
怪怪的