badly用法小议
1. 基本义为“不好”“坏”“差”“糟糕”等;另外,它还可表示“迫切地”“非常”,但此主要与want, need, be in need of等表示“想要”或“需要”的动词或短语连用。如:
He badly wants to study at the university. 他非常想上大学念书。
The door badly needs a coat of paint. 这门急需刷一层油漆。
This company is badly in need of new blood. 这个公司亟需新人。
2. badly 是副词,bad是形容词,从理论上说,在连系动词feel, look等后应用bad,但在日常口语当中也可以用badly。如:
He felt badly about being late. 他因迟到感到难过。
Don’t feel bad [badly]. I was only joking with you. 不要难过,我是跟你开玩笑的。
3. 在通常情况下,badly的比较级和最高级是worse和worst。如:
Bill played badly, James played worse, and I played worst of all! 比尔演奏得很差,詹姆斯演奏得更差,我演奏得最差!
但当表示“更迫切”和“最迫切”时(通常连用表示“需要”的动词),其比较级和最高级则多用more badly和most badly。如:
I really need that job more badly than you. 我的确比你更迫切需要那份工作。
This is the area that most badly needs our support. 这是最迫切需要我们支持的地区。