0 (used to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb) to a great degree or extremely -- (用于强调形容词或副词)很,非常
We're very, very sorry about what's happened. 对所发生的事我们感到非常难过。
How very childish of her to refuse to speak to me! 她竟然拒绝跟我说话,多么孩子气呀!
"Are you tired?" "No, not very." “你累了吗?”“不,不太累。”
Thank you very much. 非常感谢。
"Did you enjoy the play?" "Very much so." (= Yes.) “你觉得戏好看吗?”“非常好看。”
I can't very well (= it would not be right for me to) say sorry when I didn't do anything wrong. 如果我没做错什么,我可不会去道歉。
This is the very best chocolate cake I've ever tasted. 这是我尝过的最好吃的巧克力蛋糕。
She always leaves her homework to the very last moment. 她总是到最后一刻才写家庭作业。
We now have our very own library in the village. 现在我们村子真正有了自己的图书馆了。
This is the very same (= exactly the same) place we sat the last time we came. 这就是我们上次来的时候坐过的地方。
1 (used to add emphasis to a noun) exact or particular -- (用于强调名词)同一的,恰好的,正是的
This is the very book I've been looking for all month. 这正是那本我找了整整一个月的书。
What ended up happening was the very thing we feared the most. 后来发生的事情正是我们最害怕的。
The letter was sent on Monday from Berlin and arrived in Hamburg the very same/next day. 那封信星期一从柏林寄出,当天/第二天就到了汉堡。
The very idea/thought of having her friends to stay fills me with dread. 一想到她的朋友们要住下我就心生恐惧。
2 used to describe or emphasize the furthest point of something -- 最远端的;末端的
The laws controlling drugs are very strict in this country.
It's very convenient that you live near the office.
I would like to have come, but that's the very day my niece is coming to stay with me.
While claiming to promote positive images of women, advertisers are in fact doing the very opposite.