Deadly用作形容词时,很易和另一形容词 dead混淆不清。
Dead的意思是"死的"、"已死去的"(no longer living);用作副词时,其意为"完全地"、"非常地",如:dead drunk; dead tired; dead dull; dead right。例:
I found a dog howling over the dead body.
He was dead drunk in the New Year Eve party.
用作副词时,与dead搭配的词很多,除上面两例的 drunk和 tired之外,尚有slow、straight、level、calm、asleep、against等词。
Deadly用作形容词时,其意为"致命的";"不共戴天的"(likely to cause death or filled with intense hatred)。与之经常搭配使用的词有:poison、weapon、wound、enemy。例:
Be careful!This is a deadly poison.
Deadly用作副词时,也是表示"非常"、"极变"的意思,一般用于负面意义,相当于very much和extremely。例:
His face turned deadly pale.
The show is deadly boring.
像deadly一样,deathly亦可用作形容词,其意为"死一般的"(like death),与其搭配的词有: silence、look、stillness、hush。例:
A deathly silence prevails over all.
Deathly亦可用作副词,如: deathly white;deathly cold.