In this video, I'm going to talk to you about intensifiers and mitigators.

在這段視頻中，我將和大家談談強化劑和緩解劑。

Now what are those?

那些是什麼？

Don't be scared of by their names.

不要被他們的名字嚇到。

Intensifiers are simply words that will make adjectives stronger.

強化詞簡單來說就是會讓形容詞變得更強。

They will give adjectives more power or more emphasis.

它們會給形容詞更多的力量或更多的強調。

For example, two very common intensifiers in English are 'really' and 'very'.

例如，英語中兩個非常常見的強化詞是 "真的 "和 "非常"。

Mitigators on the other hand, make the adjectives weaker like the words b'rather' or fairly'.

另一方面，緩和劑會使形容詞變得更弱，比如b'寧可'或相當'。

But we're gonna go into a little more detail.

但我們要去更詳細的瞭解一下。

Keep watching.

繼續觀察。

Let's start with intensifiers.

先說說強化劑吧。

And I have a list of intensifies for you.

我給你列了一份強化的清單。

Of course these are not all of them, but it's a good start because they are very common

當然這些並不是全部，但這是一個好的開始，因為它們是非常常見的。

in English.

用英語。

Let's have a look.

讓我們一起來看看。

really This video is really interesting.

真的 這個視頻真的很有趣。

The adjectives in this sentence is 'interesting' and we make it stronger with the intensifier,

這句話中的形容詞是 "有趣"，我們用加強語使其更強。

'really'.

'真的'。

It's really interesting.

這真的很有趣。

very For example, I'm very happy to learn English.

非常 例如，我很高興學習英語。

The adjective is 'happy'.

這個形容詞是'快樂'。

And we give it more power with the intensifier.

而我們用增強器給它更多的動力。

very I am very happy to learn English.

非常我很高興學習英語。

Other intensifiers include absolutely.

其他強化劑包括絕對。

For example, 'Your new dress is absolutely amazing'.

例如，"你的新衣服絕對是驚人的"。

'extremely' Like

'非常'喜歡

'It's extremely cold outside.”

'外面非常冷。"

'incredibly' For example, 'Your son is incredibly smart.'

'難以置信'例如，'你兒子非常聰明'。

'completely' 'My wallet is completely empty.'

"完全""我的錢包完全空了"。

unusually 'The classroom was unusually quiet.'

異常的'教室裡異常的安靜。

And finally, 'enough'.

最後，"夠了"。

'He isn't old enough to drive.'

'他還沒到可以開車的年齡。

Now for this last sentence, the adjective is old and II intensifier is enough.

現在最後這句話，形容詞老了，二強化詞就夠了。

It's a special case because as you can hear and see, 'enough' always comes after the

這是一個特殊的情況，因為你可以聽到和看到，"夠了 "總是在 "夠了 "之後。

adjective.

形容詞：

Intensifiers are commonly used with comparative and superlative adjectives.

強化詞常用於比較級和超級形容詞。

For example, with comparative adjectives, we often use 'much'.

例如，對於比較性的形容詞，我們經常使用 "多"。

For example, 'He runs much faster than me.'

比如，"他跑得比我快多了"。

'Faster' is the comparative form of the adjective 'fast'.

'快'是形容詞'快'的比較形式。

And to intensify the comparison, we use the intensifier 'much'.

而為了加強比較，我們用了加強語 "多"。

So he runs much faster than me.

所以他跑得比我快多了。

We also use 'a lot'.

我們也用'很多'。

For example, 'This red bag is a lot heavier than this white bag'.

比如'這個紅包比這個白包重很多'。

'heavier' is the comparative form of the adjective 'heavy'.

'重'是形容詞'重'的比較形式。

And we make it even more powerful with 'a lot heavier'.

而我們用'重了很多'讓它變得更加強大。

And we also use 'far'.

而我們也用'遠'。

For example, 'She is far taller than me'.

比如'她比我高得多'。

'taller' is the comparative of 'tall'.

'高大'是'高大'的比較。

We make it more powerful with 'far'.

我們用 "遠 "讓它更有力量。

'Far taller than me'.

'遠比我高'。

Now with superlative adjectives, we can use 'easily'.

現在有了超級形容詞，我們可以用'輕鬆'。

For example, 'This is easily the best restaurant in town'.

例如，"這很容易成為城裡最好的餐廳"。

'best' is the superlative form of the adjective 'good'.

'最好'是形容詞'好'的上位形式。

And we make it even more powerful by saying, 'easily the best restaurant'.

而我們用 "輕而易舉地成為最好的餐廳 "來形容它，就更有說服力了。

And we also use 'by far'.

而我們也用'遠遠'。

For example, 'Sarah is by far the smartest girl in class'.

例如，"莎拉是目前班上最聰明的女孩"。

Let's move on to mitigators.

讓我們繼續說說緩解器。

Now mitigators are the opposite of intensifiers.

現在，緩解者是強化者的對立面。

They weaken the adjectives.

它們削弱了形容詞。

Let's look at a few examples.

我們來看幾個例子。

Mitigators include 'fairly'.

緩解因素包括 "相當"。

For example, 'It's fairly sunny today'.

例如，'今天天氣相當晴朗'。

The adjective 'sunny' is weakened by the mitigator 'fairly'.

'晴朗'這個形容詞被減輕語'相當'所削弱。

So it's not sunny. It's a bit less than sunny.

所以不是晴天。比晴天還不如。

Other mitigator, 'rather'.

其他的緩解器，"而是"。

So when I say, 'I'm rather tired', I'm not exactly tired.

所以當我說'我比較累'的時候，我並不完全是累。

I'm a bit less.

我有點少。

The adjective is less powerful because of this 'rather'.

因為這個 "而是"，形容詞的威力就小了。

Other example, 'pretty'.

其他例子，'漂亮'。

'It's pretty expensive'.

'挺貴的'。

Which means it's not expensive.

也就是說，它的價格並不貴。

It's a little bit less.

是少了點。

Or 'quite'. Like, 'The movie was quite good'.

或者 "相當"。 比如說，"這部電影相當不錯"。

The adjective 'good' is less powerful because of this 'quite'.

因為這個 "挺"，'好'這個形容詞的威力就小了。

Now be very careful because if you use 'quite' with an extreme adjective such as 'terrible',

現在要非常小心，因為如果你用'相當'與一個極端的形容詞，如'可怕'。

'perfect', 'enormous', or 'excellent'

盡善盡美"、"巨無霸"、"極品

quite means 'absolutely'.

相當於'絕對'的意思。

It becomes an intensifier.

它變成了一個強化器。

For example, 'She is quite gorgeous.'

比如，"她很美"。

Means she is absolutely gorgeous.

意味著她絕對是個美女。

It's more powerful because of the intensified 'quite'.

因為強化了 "相當"，所以更有力量。

So be very careful when you use 'quite' because depending on the adjective that you

是以，當你使用 "相當 "時要非常小心，因為根據你的形容詞

choose, it has a different meaning.

選擇，它有不同的意義。

And it can be either an intensifier or a mitigator.

而它既可以是強化劑，也可以是緩解劑。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Just as intensifiers, mitigators can be used with comparative adjectives.

和加強詞一樣，減輕詞也可以和比較形容詞一起使用。

Let's look at a few examples.

我們來看幾個例子。

We can use 'a bit'.

我們可以用'一點'。

For example, 'He's a bit faster than me'.

比如'他比我快一點'。

When you say, “He's a bit faster than me,”

當你說："他比我快一點"

it's less powerful than “He's faster than me.”

這比 "他比我快 "的威力要小。

So 'a bit' mitigates. It weakens 'faster'.

所以'一點'減輕了。削弱了'快'。

Same goes for 'rather'.

'而是'也一樣。

For example, 'This dress is rather nicer than that dress'.

比如說'這件衣服比那件衣服漂亮'。

It weakens the comparison - the nicer.

它削弱了比較--較好的。

And finally we can say, 'slightly'.

最後我們可以說，"略"。

For example, 'My car is slightly older than your car'.

比如，'我的車比你的車略舊'。

So it's just a little bit older than your car.

所以它只是比你的車舊一點。

It's weak because of this mitigator.

因為這個緩解器很弱。

Let's now move on to practice.

現在我們繼續練習。

I want things to be very clear so I have a few example sentences for you guys.

我想把事情說得很清楚，所以我給你們準備了幾個例句。

And I want you to tell me if you see an intensifier or a mitigator.

我要你告訴我你看到的是強化器還是減弱器。

Let's have a look.

讓我們一起來看看。

First, 'It's a very interesting game'.

首先，"這是一個非常有趣的遊戲"。

Now what's the adjective in that sentence?

現在這句話中的形容詞是什麼？

'interesting' of course.

當然是'有趣'的。

What about 'very'.

那'非常'呢。

Is it an intensifier or a mitigator?

是加強劑還是減輕劑？

What do you think?

你覺得呢？

It's an intensifier of course.

當然是強化劑。

It's a very interesting game.

這是一個非常有趣的遊戲。

It's more powerful thanks to this 'very'.

由於這個'非常'，它的威力更大。

The second sentence, 'She cooks fairly good pasta'.

第二句，'她做的麵食相當好吃'。

Now the adjective in this sentence is 'good'.

現在這句話中的形容詞是 "好"。

I'm sure you know.

我相信你知道

What about 'fairly'?

那'公平'呢？

Is it an intensifier or a mitigator?

是加強劑還是減輕劑？

It's a mitigator guys.

這是一個緩解器，夥計們。

The adjective 'good' is less powerful because of 'fairly'.

'好'這個形容詞因為'相當'的緣故，威力較小。

'She cooks fairly good pasta'.

'她做的麵食相當不錯'。

The third example, 'He's quite brilliant at speaking English'.

第三個例子，'他的英語口語相當出色'。

The adjective is 'brilliant'.

這個形容詞是'輝煌'。

Now just a hint.

現在只是一個提示。

It's an extreme adjective.

這是一個極端的形容詞。

'brilliant' is a very strong adjective, so what about 'quite'?

'輝煌'是一個非常強烈的形容詞，那麼'相當'呢？

Is it an intensifier or a mitigator?

是強化劑還是緩解劑？

It is an intensifier of course because the adjective is extreme.

當然是加強語，因為這個形容詞很極端。

I hope you got that.

我希望你能明白

Next example.

下一個例子。

'She's a bit younger than I am'.

'她比我年輕一點'。

The adjective is actually a comparative adjective in this sentence.

這句話中的形容詞其實是一個比較形容詞。

'younger'

'年輕'的

'a bit' acts as a mitigator of course.

'有點'當然是起緩解作用。

And finally, 'My dog is much fatter than my cat'.

最後，'我的狗比我的貓胖多了'。

Again, it's a comparative adjective - 'fatter'.

又是一個比較級的形容詞--"更胖"。

And what about 'much'?

那'多'呢？

What do you think?

你覺得呢？

Intensifier, mitigator?

強化器、減輕器？

It's an intensifier.

這是一個強化器。

It's much fatter than my cat.

它比我的貓胖多了。

Good job guys.

幹得好，夥計們。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Let's go through the sentences again and focus on pronunciation.

我們再來看看這些句子，重點說說發音。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我說一遍。

It's a very interesting game.

這是一個非常有趣的遊戲。

One more time.

再來一次

It's a very interesting game.

這是一個非常有趣的遊戲。

Good.

很好啊

Second example.

第二個例子：

She cooks fairly good pasta.

她做的麵食相當不錯。

She cooks fairly good pasta.

她做的麵食相當不錯。

Third example guys.

第三個例子傢伙。

He's quite brilliant at speaking English.

他的英語口語相當出色。

One more time.

再來一次

He's quite brilliant at speaking English.

他的英語口語相當出色。

Moving on.

繼續前進。

She's a bit younger than I am.

她比我年輕一點。

She's a bit younger than I am.

她比我年輕一點。

And finally, my dog is much fatter than my cat.

最後，我的狗比我的貓胖多了。

My dog is much fatter than my cat.

我的狗比我的貓胖多了。

Excellent guys.

優秀的人。

Thank you guys for watching the video.

謝謝你們觀看視頻。

I hope this has helped.

希望對大家有所幫助。

Now using intensifiers and mitigators takes practice.

現在使用強化劑和減輕劑需要實踐。

A lot of practice.

大量的實踐。

But I'm sure you can do it and it's worth it.

但我相信你能做到，而且值得。

It will make a true difference to your speaking skills.

它將使你的口語能力真正得到提升。

Thank you for watching.

謝謝你的觀看。

See you next time.

下次見。

Thank you guys for watching my video and for watching this English course on adjectives.

謝謝你們看我的視頻，也謝謝你們看了這個形容詞的英語課程。

If you want to see more videos on adjectives and

如果你想看更多關於形容詞的視頻和

other things please show us your support.

其他的事情，請大家多多支持。

Click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

點擊 "喜歡"，訂閱該頻道。

put your comments below

請將您的意見寫在下面

and share the video with your friends.

並與你的朋友分享視頻。

Thank you and see you.

謝謝你，再見。