“You probably should delete all intensive adverbs—very, really, truly, actually, and the like. If you've chosen the right word, adding a very defeats your purpose. If you haven't got the right word, the very offers poor compensation. Readers pay no attention to this overused word. If you want to put a very in front of a large, you should consider substituting enormous, huge, gigantic, or massive.... [The intensive adverbs] attenuate rather than strengthen. Consider really terrific, absolutely stunning, truly sensational, extremely vital, and very devastating. The adverbs reduce powerful adjectives to conversational gush, depriving them of their stark force. Almost all writers succumb to these trivializing intensives. Be on guard. ”
这里说了不应该使用 very, really, truly, actually这些加强语气的副词,如果用上它们只会削弱动词的力量,一个动词就够了。如果想表达程度更深一点的意思,直接选个合适的实词,比如想表达比large还大的意思就用 enormous, huge, gigantic, or massive 这些词替换,而不是说成very large.