（用于修饰形容词或副词）很，非常

• He's very tall.

  他个子很高。

• It's a very good idea.

  这个主意非常棒。

• They understand things very quickly.

  他们能够很快弄清情况。

• I'm very sorry.

  我非常抱歉。

（用于修饰形容词或副词最高级）完全，最

• We use only the very best cuts of meat in our dog food.

  我们的狗粮只用最优质的肉。

• This is the very last time I try to help him.

  这是我最后一次帮他了。

• We try to bring you the very latest news.

  我们想带给你最新的消息。

at the very least：至少；起码

• It must be a matter of joy, or relief at the very least.

  这一定是件令人开心的事，至少是让人放松的。

sb cannot very well do sth：某人不适宜做某事

• I've already agreed to go. I can't very well back out now.

  我已经同意前往。事到如今，我不好退出了。

not very：不太；不很；稍微

• I am not very happy about the situation.

  我对这种局面不太满意。

very good：非常好，很好（表示同意听取上级的意见或执行其命令）

• Bring the carriage round at three, please, Jenkins.—Very good, my lord.

  詹金斯，三点左右请备好马车。——好的，老爷。

very little：微乎其微；少得可怜

• They have very little money.

  他们的钱很少。

• I understood very little of what she said.

  她说的话我只能听懂一点点。

very much：非常；在很大程度上

• Thank you very much.

  非常感谢。

• He's very much like my father.

  他很像我父亲。

• I like him very much.

  我很喜欢他。

• There isn't very much water.

  没有多少水。

• I haven't got very much to tell you.

  我没有多少要告诉你的。

very much so：的确如此；千真万确

• Are you enjoying your holiday?—Very much so.

  你的假期过得愉快吗？——非常愉快。

the very same：一模一样；完全相同

• dressed in the very same way

  穿得一模一样

• the very same thing

  一模一样的东西

• the very same day

  就在同一天

very well：那好吧；那就这样吧

• Very well, please yourself.

  好吧，你自己随意。

（与某些名词连用，指最远的某一位置或时间点）极端的，最…的

• He sat at the very back of the church.

  他坐在教堂的最后面。

• I turned to the very end of the book.

  我翻到了书的最末尾部分。

• He was wrong from the very beginning.

  他从一开始就错了。

正是的；恰好的；同一的

• Those were his very words.

  那正是他的原话。

• She died in this very house.

  她就死在这所房子里。

• Ah, the very man I was looking for!

  啊，这正是我要找的人！

• at this very moment

  就在这个时候

（用于强调重要性或严重性）甚至于，就连

• At one stage his very life was in danger.

  就连他的生命都曾一度处于危险之中。

仅仅的；唯独的

• The very thought of public speaking terrified me.

  单是公开演讲的想法就已经让我感到恐惧了。

真正的；真实的；名副其实的<古>