You’d better start doing some work this very minute (= now, not later ).
你最好现在就开始干点活。
That might provoke a riot, the very thing he was trying to avoid.
那可能会激起一场骚乱，而这正是他竭力想要避免的。
The very fact that you are reading this book suggests you want to improve your fitness.
你在看这本书正说明了你想改善自己的健康状况。
By its very nature, capitalism involves exploitation of the worker.
资本主义最根本的本质就是要剥削劳动者 。
His life’s work was being destroyed before his very eyes (= directly in front of him ).
他毕生的成果就在他的眼前被人糟蹋。