单词 | farther |
例句 | farther adverb •he'd like to live even farther from the city:farther away, further, further away, more remote, more distant, more removed.▶adjective •the farther side of the field:more distant, more remote, remoter, farther away/off, further, further (away/off) | far, other, opposite.EASILY CONFUSED WORDS farther, farthest; further, furthest Traditionally, farther and farthest were used in referring to physical distance: •the falls were still two or three miles farther up the path. Further and furthest were restricted to figurative or abstract senses: •we decided to consider the matter further. Although farther and farthest are still restricted to measurable distances, further and furthest are now common in both senses: •those plants should be furthest from the window.These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs. |
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