There was a heavy snow last night.This morning is _______ outside.A.too rather cold B.rather too cold C.such cold D.fairly cold答案为什么是B,而不是 D

Question

There was a heavy snow last night.This morning is _______ outside.
A.too rather cold B.rather too cold C.such cold D.fairly cold
答案为什么是B,而不是 D

Answer 1

fairly ,quite ,rather ,pretty表示"非常的"意思的时候,程度是逐渐加强的,fairly最弱,pretty最强,所以选rather和heavy snow相呼应.
另外当rather修饰large、small或其它性质的形容词时,往往表示太大或太小而不合适,特别是在形容词前有too时,这个句子"rather too cold outside"表示"太冷以至于不适合户外活动"