far

far /fɑ:/ I. adj. (farther, further; farthest, furthest)远的：the far side of the moon 月球背面 How far is it from your school to the bank? 你们学校离银行有多远? ‖II.adv. 1.远地： How far did you walk today? 你们今天走了多远? They worked far into the night.他们工作到深夜。(在肯定句中，一般不单独用far作状语；而用a long way: — Did you walk far? —Yes, we walked a long way. “你们走得远吗? “很远。” We didn’t go far. 我们没走多远。) 2.(表示程度)到…地步；很；极：How far can I trust him? 我能相信他到什么程度? It is far better to go by train.乘火车去要好得多。It’s far too hot in this room.这房间里热极了。3.用于习语 as/so far as 像…一样远；就…而论；尽力：He walked as far as the church. 他一直走到教堂。 As/So far as I know, he will be away for two months. 就我所知，他将离开两个月。 We’ll help you as far as we can. 我们会尽力帮助你。in so far as就...而言， 尽...; 至于：In so far as I am a judge of these things, the repairs to the car have been done very well. 要我来评判，这车修得非常好。It was a good report in so far as it showed what needs to be done. 就其指出需要采取的措施这一点而言，这份报告不错。by far …得多；最（修饰比较级和最高级）：This is better by far. 这样好得多。［考句］In my opinion he’s by far the most imaginative of all the contemporary poets.按我的观点，他是当代最具想象力的诗人，大大超出了他的同行。far and wide 四面八方: People came from far and wide to see the parade .四面八方的人们前来观看阅兵游行。 far away 很远，遥远：The house isn’t far away. 那房子离得不远。far from 远远不是：Your work is far from (being) satisfactory.你的工作一点也不令人满意。so far 迄今为止：Our lives have been easy so far. 到现在为止,我们的生活一直比较宽松。

［辨析］farther一般只用于表示距离，further 较多表示其他意义：We can’t go any farther without a rest. 如不休息，我们走不动了。There has been no further news from Buddy. 巴迪那儿后来就没有消息了。We’ll have to think further about going on the trip. 关于旅游的事，我们还要进一步考虑。