• adv. 更遠(yuǎn)地；此外；更進(jìn)一步地
• adj. 進(jìn)一步的；更遠(yuǎn)的（far的比較級(jí)）

用做far的比較級(jí)。一種說法是forth的比較級(jí)，-er, 比較級(jí)后綴。另一種說法是far的比較級(jí)，-ther, 比較級(jí)后綴，詞源同other, interior. 與further的詞義區(qū)別主要來自人為的影響。

farther (adj.)

late 14c., "front;" variant of further (adj.). From 1510s as "additional;" 1560s as "more remote."

farther (adv.)

15c. alteration of Middle English ferther (c. 1300), a variant of further (adv.). There is no historical basis for the notion that farther is of physical distance and further of degree or quality.

1. Both of my sisters moved even farther away from home.

我的兩個(gè)姐姐都搬得離家更遠(yuǎn)了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I can't see any farther than the next six months.

6個(gè)月以后的事情我就無法預(yù)見了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.

她放下杯子，鉆進(jìn)被子里。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Staff who have to travel farther can claim excess travel expenses.

需要到更遠(yuǎn)的地方出差的職員可以領(lǐng)取額外差旅費(fèi)。

來自柯林斯例句

5. farther along the road

沿路繼續(xù)往前

來自《權(quán)威詞典》