英语语法：减弱词
Mitigatorsare the opposite of intensifiers. When we want to make an adjective less strong we use these words:
减弱是增强的反义词。当我们想弱化使用的形容词：
By the end of the day we were rather tired.
The film wasn’t great but it was quite exciting.
and in informal English: pretty
We had a pretty good time at the party.
We call these words mitigators.
比较级的减弱词：
We use these words and phrases as mitigators:
a bit - just a bit - a little - a little bit - just a little bit - rather - slightly
She’s a bit younger than I am.
It takes two hours on the train but it is a little bit longer by road.
This one is rather bigger.
We use slightly and rather as mitigators with comparative adjectives in front of a noun:
我们用slightly和rather作为减弱词与比较级形容词连用，放在名词前面：
This is a slightly more expensive model than that.
This is rather bigger one than that.
Adjectives as intensifiers: absolute/total - complete/utter - perfect/real
They were talking utter nonsense.
… but we do not say:
The idiot was complete.
The nonsense they were talking was utter.
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