核心问题
“It takes me just twenty minutes to reach the city from here.” “Do you really drive ____?” A. as fast B. that fast C. with such fastness D. fast like that(TOEFL) 正确答案为 B(that fast)。但不知 that 的词性和词义。
词典解答
that 在口语中可以用作程度副词来代替 so 或 very(那么, 这么, 很, 非常):
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The roads were that icy! (LEG) 这路上冰这么多!
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There were two thousand people in the theatre. I didn't expect it to be that full. (CGEL) 剧院里有两千人, 我真没料到会有那么多。
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How could she sing that well after only one lesson? (MD) 她只上了一次课,怎么会唱得这么好?
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He's not that rich. (MD) 他并不那么有钱。
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It was that dark. (CEU) 天那么黑了。
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How could a secret that big be kept quiet all of these years? (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 那么重大的秘密怎么可能被默默地保守这么多年呢？(《达·芬奇密码》)