absolutely

absolutely
adv совершенно, полностью, просто (1). Absolutely — усилительное наречие степени и часто выражает эмоциональное отношение говорящего к высказыванию:

I think it is absolutely wonderful — Я думаю, это совершенно замечательно.

 К этой группе усилительных наречий относятся такие, как completely, perfectly, totally, really, quite, simply и др.:

A totally (absolutely) new situation — Совершенно новая обстановка.

He was absolutely (totally, simply) unaware of what was going on — Он совершенно (просто) не осознавал, что происходит вокруг.

It is completely impossible — Это совершенно невозможно.

 Absolutely наиболее часто употребляется с прилагательными awful, certain, excellent, essential, impossible, perfect, splendid, wonderful. Absolutely усиливает значение как прилагательных, так и глаголов, и в сочетании с ними предшествует определяемому слову:

I absolutely agree with you — Я полностью с вами согласен.

 Наречия степени образуют следующую шкалу по степени усиления: pretty, rather, quite, fairly, very, surprisingly, remarkably, amazingly, terribly, extremely, awfully, utterly, totally, entirely, absolutely, completely:

The play is fairly (quite, rather, pretty) boring — Пьеса довольно скучна.

The park is very beautiful — Парк очень красив (более чем просто красив);

The progress is amazingly (remarkably, surprisingly) rapid — Наблюдается неожиданно быстрый прогресс.

I am awfully (extremely, terribly) tired — Я чрезвычайно устал.

Your version is completely (absolutely, entirely, totally, utterly) wrong — Ваш вариант совершенно (абсолютно) неправилен.


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