C04
core
Description and quantity
Degree
Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
basic
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
含义
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
如何识别
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
示例
单词
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
短语
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
句子
The soup is too hot.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Base property: hot Question: HOW INTENSE? Scale: not hot ─ hot ─ too hot The soup is too hot. too → beyond the OK limit
Compare shape
Same DEGREE frame: very cold stronger barely cold weak/low almost finished near endpoint completely finished full endpoint enough reaches a line Check: before/after/suffix?
语言视角
用母语深入讲解
中文
显性程度
strong
重要程度
Degree and intensity are very common, using 很, 非常, 太, 有点, 更, 最, and related modifiers.
这个问题太难了。
zhè ge wèntí tài nán le = this problem too difficult LE
在所学语言中
英语
显性程度
strong
学习难度
英语用 very、too、quite、almost、enough 等程度词来表示“多么、到什么程度”，位置通常在被修饰词前后。
It is very cold.
very = 程度/强度，用来加强 cold 的程度
常见易错点
学习者常把 enough、too、almost、very 放错位置，或误用它们的强弱程度。
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.