易混副词辨析

易混淆副词解说

Clean adv

(informal) used to emphasize the fact that an action or movement is complete and thorough clean away/through/out

The thieves got clean away with $300,000 worth of equipment.

The car hit her with such force that she was lifted clean off the ground.

Sorry, I clean forgot (=completely forgot) your birthday.

Cleanly adv.

1 easily and smoothly in one movement: The boat moved cleanly through the water.

2 in a clean way: fuel that burns cleanly

close3adv

not far away

= near

Come a little closer, so you can see better.

Her father lives quite close by .

They were sitting close together on the couch.

A variety of good restaurants and cafés are close at hand (=very near) .

James heard footsteps close behind him.

Ronnie sped off into the distance, with his brother's car following close behind .

stay/keep close

W e must all stay close.

hold/draw sb close

(=hold someone against your body)

He drew her close to him.

close up/up close/close to

from only a short distance away

Now that I could see him close up, I saw that he was very attractive.

close on sth/close to sth

spoken used to talk about a number, amount etc that is almost exact, but not completely

a voyage of close on 2000 miles

come close (to doing sth)

a) to almost do something

I tell you, I was so mad I came close to hitting her.

She came so close to the finals she must have been bitterly disappointed to go out now.

b) to be almost as good as someone or something else

It's not as good as his last movie, but it comes pretty close.

a close run thing

BrE a situation in which the people competing with each other are almost equal, so neither of them is more likely to win than the other

The upcoming election looks likely to be a close run thing.

close on the heels of sth：very soon after something else

come/follow close on the heels of sth

Y et another scandal followed close on the heels of the senator's resignation.

near to the surface of something

An electric razor doesn't really shave as close as a blade.

run sb close

BrE to be almost as successful, skilful etc as someone else

Last season United ran them close both at home and away.

closely

very carefully

The detective watched him closely , waiting for a reply.

closely controlled/guarded/monitored etc

Political activity is closely controlled.

Details of the program are a closely-guarded secret .

to a very great degree

I have been closely involved in the work of both committees.

The successful applicant will be working closely with our international staff.

a creature that closely resembles a red monkey

closely related/connected/associated etc

if two or more things are closely related etc, there is a strong connection between them closely related subjects such as physics, chemistry, and maths

Her development as a writer is closely connected with her religion.

in a way that is close to other things in time or space

a flash of lightning, followed closely by thunder

W e were so closely packed in the elevator I could hardly move.

Dead adv. (informal)

COMPLETEL Y

1 completely; exactly: Y ou’re dead right!(BrE) a dead straight road (BrE) The train was dead on time. He’s dead against the idea. The sight made him stop dead in his tracks (= stop suddenly). She’s dead set on getting (= determined to get) this new job.

VERY

2 (BrE, informal) very; extremely: The instructions are dead easy to follow. Y ou were dead lucky to get that job.

I was dead scared.

cut sb dead (BrE) to pretend not to have seen sb; to refuse to say hello to sb: She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead.—more at right n.

~ easy, serious, awaken, keen, funny, wrong, tired, sexy, boring, silent, proud, guilty, brilliant, interesting, nice

Deadly adv.

1 (informal) extremely: deadly serious / dull

2 = deathly: deadly pale / cold

~ serious, struck, earnest, excessive, dangerous, ominous, poisonous, mortal, epidemic

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Direct adv.

JOURNEY / ROUTE