当老外跟你说howareyou?你是不是第一时间的反应就是fine,thankyou,andyou?你是否以为fine就只有这样一个套路式问候用法？fine除了“好，很好”，其实还有其他多个词性和语义。fine可做形容词，名词，副词和动词，其语义和语法运用都想去甚远。如果不了解这些基本用法，很容易在

首先是形容词adj:

1. 很好, 高质量的；美好的of high quality; good

Eg: a very fine performance 十分精彩的演出

2. 很不错, 健康的；身体很好的 in good health

Eg: I was feeling fine when I got up this morning.

今天早上我起床时感觉很好。

3. 可接受；够好a（指行为、建议、决定）可接受used to tell sb that an action,

a suggestion or a decision is acceptable

I ll leave this here, OK?’ ‘Fine.’

“我把这个留在这儿，可以吗？”“可以。”

4. 精致,精巧的；精美的attractive and delicate

fine bone china 精致的骨瓷

拓展：

1. get sth down to a fine art 把…学到家；学得非常在行

I spend so much time travelling that I ve got packing down to a fine art.

我常常旅行，这样便把打点行李学到家了。

2. not to put too fine a point on it直截了当地说，不客气地说（尤指批评）

Not to put too fine a point on it, I think you are lying.

不客气地说，我认为你在撒谎。

副词adv：

可接受；够好；蛮不错 in a way that is acceptable or good enough Keep going like that─you re doing fine .

就这样做下去，你做得蛮不错嘛。

拓展：cut it/things fine把时间扣得很紧；时间上不留余地

If we don t leave till after lunch we ll be cutting it very fine.

我们要是午饭以后才走，时间就紧得很了。

名词 n:

罚金；罚款 a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a

law or rule

Offenders will be liable to a heavy fine违者须付巨额罚金。

动词v：

对…处以罚款 to make sb pay money as an official punishment

She was fined for speeding.

她因超速而被罚款。