新概念英语原汁原味的英文精品，语言优美，词汇实用，句型工整又富于变化。今天我们来学习well这个单词，well这个单词在新概念英语第一册第九课中第一次出现。
well [wel] 基本词义
❶adj.身体好
❷adv.很好地，令人满意地
Ⅰ. well healthy; not ill健康的 [usually after verb] 不规则变化的形容词better , best
He hasn't been too well lately.他最近身体不太好。
She really didn't look well.她氣色看起來真不好。
Ⅱ. well adverb. well , better , best
IN A GOOD WAY以好的方式
1. well adv. 很好地，令人满意地 in a good way, to a high or satisfactory standard
①The documentary presented both sides of the problem very well.这部纪录片很好地展示了问题的两个方面。
②The concert was well enough advertised but ticket sales were poor. 这场音乐会的宣传搞得很不错，但是票房却不好。
2. well 及物动词的过去分词形式，表示“.....被做得非常好的”
①a well-cut suit剪裁合身的西服
②a well-paid job薪酬优厚的工作
③Her points were well put (= expressed in a good or clever way).她的观点表达得很巧妙。
④His point about the need to reduce waste was well taken (= it was accepted as a good criticism).他关于有必要减少浪费的观点得到了认同。
⑤They took two hours to discuss the plans and considered it time well spent (= it had been a useful discussion).他们花了两个小时讨论这些计划，并且认为时间花得很值。
⑥I can't do it as well as Marie can.我无法做得像玛丽那样好。
3.well , better , best TO A GREAT DEGREECN: 到很深的程度
well到很深的程度, 非常；充分地；完全地 very much, to a great degree or completely
①It's well known that......
②He could well imagine how much his promise was going to cost him. 他完全能想象出他要为自己的诺言付出多大的代价。
③I can't catch the bus - there are no buses after midnight, as you well know. 我没法坐公共汽车——午夜过后就没有公共汽车了，你很清楚这一点。
④She plays the piano well enough (= to a satisfactory standard).她钢琴弹得非常好。
4. well 用于强调某些介词 used to emphasize some prepositions
①The results are well above/below what we expected.结果比我们预想的要好／差得多。
②Keep well away from the edge of the cliff.离悬崖边远远的。
③It cost well over 1000 yuan. 它的价格远远高于1000元。
④Stand well clear of the doors! 离门远点！clear of 超出，远离
5. well adv. used to emphasize some adjectives（用于强调某些形容词）
①The police are well aware of the situation.警方非常清楚形势。
②The museum is well worth a visit.那家博物馆很值得参观。
③Some goods do look cheap - leave these well alone.有些商品看着就非常廉价——千万别去碰它们。
6. well adv. very非常
①The film was well good.那部电影非常不错。
②Watch out for those two - they're well hard (= strong and willing to use violence).小心那两个人——他们都不好惹。
7. well adv. 合理地; 有理由地；理由充分地 with good reason; really
①She might well be the best person to ask.问她可能最合适。
②I can't very well (= It would not be acceptable to) refuse their kind offer. 我没有理由拒绝他们友善的提议。
8. well , better , best as well (as)in addition (to) 除…之外还；也；和; 除此之外
①Invite Wang Jianlin - and Wang Sicong as well.邀请王健林——还有王思聪。
②I want to visit An as well as Ma. 我想去拜访安，还有马。
9. 典型错题，❌COMMON LEARNER ERROR: as well，: as well usually goes at the end of a clause.注意：as well常放在分句的末端。
①❌As well, the hotel offers a discount for students. 錯誤的用法
②✔The hotel offers a discount for students as well. 這家飯店也給學生折扣。
③✔At the beginning of a sentence, use Also or In addition:句首應用Also或者In ✔addition：Also, the hotel offers a discount for students.此外，這家飯店也給學生折扣。
Ⅲ. well 惯用语idioms
⑴all very well 还行，还可以（但并不是在所有情况下都令人满意） also all well and good
If something is all very well, it is quite useful or good in some situations but not excellent and not useful or good in everysituation
Electric heating is all very well until there's a power cut.如果不停电的话电暖气还可以。
⑵be just as well 最好；正好；幸好 mainly UK be as well，to be a good thing to do, or to be a lucky thing to happen or be done
①It's just as well you're not here - you wouldn't like the noise. 幸好你没在这儿——你不会喜欢那种噪声的。
②He left at three, which was just as well or he'd have missed the train. 他3点钟出发的，时间刚刚好，否则就赶不上火车了。
③It would be as well to check the small print. 最好再看一下用小号字印的细则。
⑶ well and truly，完全地completely
The party was well and truly over when he arrived. 等他到的时候聚会已经完全结束了。
⑷ well away 完全沉浸地；醉酒completely involved in what you are doing, or drunk
①He was soon well away on (= talking a lot about) his favourite subject of steam train conservation.他很快就开始大谈特谈自己最喜欢的蒸汽火车的话题。
②After five glasses of beer and a couple of whiskeys I was well away (= drunk). 喝了5杯啤酒和几杯威士忌之后，我已经醉了。
⑸ well done，做得好，干得漂亮，used as a way of praising someone and saying that you are pleased about and approve of something they have done
I passed my exam." "Well done!"我考试通过了。”“真棒！”
⑹ in well with（与…）保持良好关系，to have a good relationship with someone in which they like you and from which you get an advantage
He's well in with the boss, these days.这段时间他和老板的关系不错。
⑺ well out of sth 幸好没有卷入， lucky not to be involved
Did I tell you the company went bust the month after I left?"
"Really? Oh, you're well out of that!" “我告诉过你我辞职后第二个月那家公司就破产了吗？”
“真的吗？幸好你提前走了。”
⑻ well off，rich富有的;富裕的;境况良好的
1. My grandparents were quite well off. 我的祖父母很富有。
2.Although this family put up quite a front, they really are not very well off.虽然这家人很会撑场面，其实并不富裕。
3.Most of these people aren't very well off. 这些人大都不算太富裕。
4.How well off you are in old age is largely determined by children and marital status.老年生活的幸福程度在很大程度上取决于子女及婚姻状况。
5.Fools never know when they are well off.人若愚痴，有福不知。
well也算是个万能词！当你与人交流的时候，或者阅读，写作的时候，用好这个词就能显示出不一样的英语水平。
