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使用比较等级的三点注意
1. 使用比较等级的基本原则:不作比较用原级,两者比较用比较级,多者比较用最高级。如:
He is very tall. 他很高。(尽管“很高”,但没有比较,故用原级)
He is very short, but taller than me. 他很矮,但比我高。
Among the three short girls, Mary is the tallest. 在这三个矮姑娘中,玛丽是最高的。
2. 不能使用双重比较等级:即构成比较级时不能既在词尾加 -er,又在其前加more;构成最高级时不能既在词尾加-est,又在其前加 most。如:
误:His English is more better than mine. 正:His English is much better than mine. 他的英语比我的英语好多了。
虽不能说more better, most earliest 之类的,但可用“比较级+and+比较级”这样的形式:
It’s getting warmer and warmer. 天气越来越暖和了。
The city is becoming more and more beautiful.这个城市变得越来越美丽了。
3. 使用比较等级要合乎逻辑。请看下面两道题:
(1) Her music is more beautiful than ______.
A. me B. you C. us D. his
此题应选 D,其中的his=his music。因为从逻辑上说,应该是her music与his music作比较,而不是her music与me, you, us比较。
(2) China islarger than ______ country in Asia.
A. any B. other C. any other D. any others 此题应选C,因为China也在Asia范围内,所以应在any后加上other,以排除自己比自己大的不合理逻辑。 重要的比较结构用法归纳
1. as…as 结构。该结构的意思是"与…一样",其间应接形容词原级,不能用比较级或最高级。如:
He is as tall as his father. 他与他父亲一样高。
He is as busy as before. 他还是像以前那样忙。
在否定句中第一个as也可换成 so,其意为"不如":
He is not as [so] tall as his father. 他不如他父亲高。
He is not as [so] busy as before. 他不像以前那样忙。
2. more and more与 the more…, the more…:前者表示"越来越……",后者表示"越……,越……"。如:
Our country is getting more and more powerful. 我们国家越来越强大。
The more we get together, the happier we will be. 人聚得越多,我们越快活。
3. more than 与less than:前者"(指数量)多于"、"不只是"、"非常"等,后者表示"少于"、"比……少"。如:
I've known him for more than 10 years. 我已认识他10多年了。
He is more than a father to her. 他待她胜过父亲。
She was more than kind to us. 她对我们很友好。
It cost me less than 10 pounds. 我买它没要上10英镑。
She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少。
4. more …than 与 less…than:前者表示"比……多,比……更",后者表示"比……少,不如……"。如:
He has more books than me. 他的书比我多。
He is more careful than the others. 他比其他人更仔细。
I got less money than the others did. 我比别人得到的钱少。
注:两者均可表示"与其……不如",但词序不同。如:
He is less a teacher than an expert. / He is more an expert than a teacher. / He is not so much a teacher as an expert. 与其说他是老师,不如说他是专家。
5. "no+比较级+than"结构:这类结构的实际意思是对待比较的两个对象进行否定,相当于该原级形容词或副词使用as…as结构的意思。如no better than = as bad as,意为"与……一样不好",no faster than = as slow as,意为"与……一样不快",no taller than = as short as,意为"与……一样不高"等。
6. no more than与not more than:两者均可表示数量,前者表示"仅仅"、"只有"(= only),强调少;而后者表示"不多于"、"至多"(= at most)。如:
It is no more than five miles to the station. 去车站只有5英里。
It is not more than five miles to the station. 去车站最多5英里。 |