prep12 by far

wuwanying · 发表于 2016-9-10 21:48:23

In the English-speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that Chekhov‘s stories made him popular while his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers.
(A) by far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that
(B) by far better known for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime
(C) known far better for his plays than he was for his short stories, but during his lifetime it was
(D) far better known for his plays than were his short stories, but it was during his lifetime that
(E) far better known for his plays than for his short stories, but during his lifetime

正确答案是E 。这个A中除了强调句是多余的，by far错在哪里呢?by far 除了 “到目前为止”的意思，还有“非常”和far一样的用法啊？
这个CD笔记里写的，不太赞同也不太明白：

语法：(A)选项中by far的意思是“到目前为止”，合理的位置应该是放在known的身后，可以排除(A)，答案为(E)。

wu si · 发表于 2016-10-18 21:23:46

同问！

wuunanwork · 发表于 2017-7-5 05:06:13

研究了好多论坛终于找到一个对A选项中by far为什么错误的靠谱解释了，总结下来是这样：
by far 有两个意思，1、到目前为止；2、表示最高级的强调

事实上by far和far同样作为强调词（intensifier）时，用法也是不同的：by far修饰最高级，far可以修饰最高级也可以修饰比较级。题目中修饰better known明显是需要一个比较级而不是最高级。所以这里far better作为用法2是错误的。
far better作为用法1的时候没有明显语法错误，但是为了避免far 和后面的better看起来像是连在一起，应该把by far放在better known后面，或者在by far和better known之间放一个逗号（这个解释来自官方解释）。所以作为用法1来说，by far在这里的用法也不够好。

附上各种强调词（intensifier是翻译成强调词i吗）的用法：
1、We use these words and phrases as intensifiers with comparative adjectives:
much - far - a lot - quite a lot - a great deal - a good deal - a good bit - a fair bit

He is much older than me.
New York is a lot bigger than Boston.

2、We use much and far as intensifiers with comparative adjectives in front of a noun:
France is a much bigger country than Britain.
He is a far better player than Ronaldo.

3、We use these words as intensifiers with superlatives:
easily - by far - far

The blue whale is easily the biggest animal in the world.
This car was by far the most expensive.

附上原解释地址：http://www.beatthegmat.com/anton-chekhov-t111329.html

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