"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
"we come from a far country" "far corners of the earth" "the far future" "a far journey" "the far side of the road" "far from the truth" "far in the future"
"a far trek"
"the horse on the right is the far horse" "the right side is the far side of the horse"
"the far right"
"a far far better thing that I do" "felt far worse than yesterday" "eyes far too close together"
"he traveled far" "strayed far from home" "sat far away from each other"
"I can only go so far before I have to give up" "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"
"if we could see far into the future" "all that happened far in the past"
"a young man who will go very far"
误 We walked far.
正 We walked a long way.
析 在肯定句中一般不宜单独用far作状语,而多用a long way来代替。
他的最后一部小说是他所有作品中最好的。误 The last novel of his is far the best he has written.
正 The last novel of his is by far the best he has written.
析far单独作程度状语一般用来修饰形容词或副词的比较级; 形容词或副词的最高级通常用by far来修饰。
他比我宽容多了。误 He is very more tolerant that I.
正 He is far more tolerant that I.
析 very不能与形容词、副词的比较级连用。程度状语的修饰语常用far或much。
至于他,一切都很顺利。误 As far as he concerned, things were going well.
正 As far as he was concerned, things were going well.
析 as far as...be concerned为固定结构,表示“就…而论(来说)”“至于…”, be不能省略。
从电影院到火车站有多远?误 How long is it from the cinema to the railway station?
正 How far is it from the cinema to the railway station?
他们一直走到教堂。误 They walked as long as the church.
正 They walked as far as the church.
析far一般表距离远近; long一般指时间长短。
据我所知,他只有一个妹妹。误 She has only one younger sister so long as I know.
正 She has only one younger sister so far as I know.
析 as〔so〕 far as是一个合成连词,引导状语从句,意为“就…而论”,其中far不可换为long。