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- used for emphasis［用于强调］：
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- in a high degree很, 甚, 颇, 非常, 十分：
very large
很大
very quickly
很快
very much so.
确实如此。
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- with superlative or own used to emphasize that the following description applies without qualification［强调其后描述可无条件适用］完全; 十足; 极其：
the very best quality
最好的质量
his very own car.
他自己的车。
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- actual; precise (used to emphasize the exact identity of a particular person or thing)［强调确实是某人或物］真正的; 同一的; 精确的：
those were his very words
那些就是他的原话
he might be phoning her at this very moment
他也许就在这个时刻给她打着电话呢
transformed before our very eyes.
就在我们眼前变了。
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- emphasizing an extreme point in time or space［强调时间或空间的端点］极端的, 最尽头的：
from the very beginning of the book
从那本书一开头
at the very back of the skull.
颅骨的正背面。
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- with no addition of or contribution from anything else; mere惟独的; 仅仅的：
the very thought of drink made him feel sick.
一想起酒就使他觉得恶心。
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- archaic real, genuine〈古〉真正的, 真实的：
the very God of Heaven.
真正的天主。
短语
词源
Middle English （as an adjective in the sense 'real, genuine'）： from Old French verai, based on Latin verus 'true'.