farther

詳細解釋：

far.ther

adv.（副詞）
far的比較級
To or at a more distant or remote point:
更遠地：到或在更為疏遠或遙遠的地點：
例句：
ran farther than the others.
比別人跑得更遠

To or at a more advanced point or stage:
更進一步地：到好在更高點或階段：
例句：
I went no farther that day.
我今天沒有取得進展

To a greater extent or degree:
更大範圍或程度地：
例句：
carried the idea farther.
進一步地表達想法

adj.（形容詞）
far的比較級
More distant; remoter:
更遠的；較遠的：
例句：
the farther shore.
更遠的海岸

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
variant influenced by far [far] * see far
受 far的影響 [遠的] *參見 far
of further * see further
further的變體 *參見 further

Farther and further have been used interchangeably by many writers since the Middle English period. According to a rule of relatively recent origin, however,farther should be reserved for physical distance andfurther for advancement along a nonphysical dimension. Thus 74 percent of the Usage Panel prefersfarther in the sentence If you are planning to drive any farther than Ukiah, you`d better carry chains; whereas '4 percent prefersfurther in the sentence We won`t be able to answer these questions until we are further along in our research. In many cases, however, the distinction is not easy to draw.If we may speak metaphorically ofa statement that is far from the truth, for example, the analogous use offarther should be allowed in a sentence such as Nothing could be farther from the truth, though Nothing could be further from the truth is also justifiable.
Farther 和 further 自從英國中世紀以來被許多作家交替使用。 然而，根據比較近的起源的法則，farther 應被用於實際距離， 而further 用於沿著非實際範圍的前進。 因此用法專題使用小組中74％的成員喜歡將farther 置於句子 如果你計畫開到比尤凱亞更遠的地方，你最好帶上鏈子 中； 而'4%的成員則將further 用於句子 在調查取得更深入的進展前，我們不能回答這些問題 中。 然而，在許多例子中，方向很難把握。如果用此喻來陳述不符合事實的情況 ， 例如，farther 的類似用法允許用於句子， 如Nothing could be farther from the truth, 而Notting could be futher from the truth 也是對的