These peaches are good and ripe.
我知道这里的 good 相当于副词 very, extremely 或 completely, 并且可以用 nice 来替换。这是不是说 good and + adj. 与 nice and + adj. 是完全相同的呢？
虽然 CGEL 等英语著作把 good and ... 与 nice and ... 等同了起来 (CGEL, § 13·99)，但是，对英语原著中的实例的分析表明，它们之间还是有一些区别的。
nice and 只能与具有褒义的形容词连用,而不能与具有贬义的形容词连用。所以,F. T. Wood 在 Current English Usage (p. 178) 中指出,nice and + adj. 用于强调形容词令人愉快的性质(the pleasant quality): nice and warm, nice and cool, nice and clean, nice and tidy 等等。
而 good and 则既可与具有中性词义的形容词和具有褒义的形容词连用,也可与具有贬义的形容词连用。例如:
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She won't drink coffee if it's not good and hot. 如果咖啡不热她就不喝。
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Jack knew good and well that Tom had thrown the snowball at him. 杰克十分清楚是汤姆向他扔的雪球。
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Susan wouldn't come out till she was good and ready. 苏珊直到完全准备好了才外出。
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It'll be good and dark. 天要黑了。
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She was good and angry. 她很生气。
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John's father was good and mad when John came home late. 约翰回家晚了,他父亲很恼火(约翰一回家晚了,他父亲就非常生气)。