- 1強調副詞、程度副詞（文法用語：very、so、absolutely 這類把語氣加重的詞）
In grammar, an intensifier is a word, usually an adverb, that you add to make another word stronger. In “that is absolutely wonderful,” absolutely is the intensifier.
In grammar在文法裡, an intensifier isintensifier（強調詞）是 a word一個字, usually an adverb通常是副詞, that you add加進去 to make another word stronger可以讓另一個字的語氣變強. In "that is absolutely wonderful,"像「that is absolutely wonderful這真是太棒了」裡 absolutely is the intensifierabsolutely就是那個intensifier.
It does not add a new picture; it only turns the volume up. Very, so, really, and extremely work the same way.
It does not add a new picture它不會加進新的畫面; it only turns the volume up只是把音量轉大. Very, so, really, and extremelyvery、so、really、extremely這幾個字 work the same way也是同樣的作用.
They can stand before an adjective (“very tired”), before another adverb (“really quickly”), and sometimes before a verb (“I totally agree”). This is a classroom and language-study word; outside school people just use the little word itself.
They can stand before an adjective它們可以放在形容詞前面 ("very tired")（「very tired很累」）, before another adverb、放在另一個副詞前面 ("really quickly")（「really quickly很快地」）, and sometimes before a verb有時候也放在動詞前面 ("I totally agree")（「I totally agree我完全同意」）. This is這是 a classroom and language-study word課堂和語言學習用的詞; outside school出了學校, people just use the little word itself人們就直接用那個小字本身.
English keeps making new ones, and younger speakers may stretch so or literally in ways older speakers find loose. There is a wider meaning — anything that makes something stronger — but here this is the grammar use.
English keeps making new ones英文一直在造新的intensifier, and younger speakers may stretch年輕人有時候會把 so or literallyso或literally in ways older speakers find loose用得比較鬆，讓年長的人覺得不夠精確. There is a wider meaning這個詞也有更廣的意思 — anything that makes something stronger——任何讓某件事變強的東西 — but here this is the grammar use但這裡指的是文法上的用法.
core核心畫面
組成intensify（加強）+ -er（做這件事的詞）。The name comes from the most common job of such words: to intensify an adjective.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
intensifiernoun
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That which intensifies.
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.
- “Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively. So words like great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively. Note how “un-” has to follow the intensifier prefix.
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artshobbieslifestyleA chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.
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