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(另参见第341节。) A形容词的原级可与as…as连用表示“和……同样……”,与not as/so…as连用表不“不如……那样……”: A boy of sixteen is often as tall as his father. 一个16岁的男孩常常长得和他父亲一样高。 He was as white as a sheet. 他面色苍白如纸。 Manslaughter is not as/so bad as murder. 杀人罪没有谋杀罪那么重。 Your coffee is not as/so good as the coffee my mother makes. 你煮的咖啡不如我母亲煮的好。 B形容词比较级可与than连用: The new tower blocks are much higher than the old buildings. 新建的塔楼群比旧楼房要高得多。 He makes fewer mistakes than you(do). 他犯的错比你少。 He is stronger than I expected. 他长得要比我想像的结实。相当于: I didn’t expect him to be so strong. 我没想到他长得这么壮。 It was more expensive than I thought. 这比我预料的昂贵多了。相当于: I didn’t think it would be so expensive. 我没想到它会有这么贵。 如省略than…时,英语口语中常用最高级代替比较级: This is the best way. 这是最好的办法。 在只有两种选择时也可用这种表示方法。 (参见用做代词的形容词的比较级、最高级,第24节B。) C三个或三个以上的人或物进行比较时,以最高级与the…in/of结构连用的方式来表达: This is the oldest theatre in London. 这是伦敦最古老的剧院。 The youngest of the family was the most successful. 全家年龄最小的是最有成就的。 关系从句中经常使用完成时态: It/This is the best beer(that) I have ever drunk1. 这是我所喝过的最好的啤酒。 It/This was the worst film(that) he had ever seen. 这是他所看过的电影中最差的一部。 He is the kindest man(that) I have ever met. 他是我遇到过的最仁厚的人。 It was the most worrying day(that) he had ever spent. 这是他度过的最烦恼的日子。 注意:这里用的是ever而不是never;然而可以把never与比较级连用来表示同一概念: I have never drunk better beer. 我从来没喝过这么好的啤酒。 I have never met a kinder man. 我从来没遇见过这么仁厚的人。 He had never spent a more worrying day. 他从来没有度过这样烦恼的日子。 注意:most+形容词(most前不加the)意为“非常”: You are most kind.相当于: You are very kind. 你很好心。 意为“非常”的most主要和双音节或多音节形容词连用,如:annoying(令人烦恼的),apologetic(歉意的),disobedient(不服从的),encouraging(令人鼓舞的),exciting(兴奋的),helpful(有帮助的),important(重要的),misleading(误导的)等。 D要表达两个事物彼此相应增长时可用the+比较级…the+ 比较级这种结构: House Agent:Do you want a big house? 房地产经纪人:你想买一栋大房子吗? Ann:Yes,the bigger the better. 安:是的,越大越好。 Tom:But the smaller it is,the less it will cost us to heat. 汤姆:可是,房子越小,花的取暖费就越少。 E一个事物的逐渐增长或减少用两个由and连接的比较级表示: The weather is getting colder and colder. 天气越来越冷了。 He became less and less interested. 他越来越不感兴趣。 F用动名词或动词不定式对行为进行比较: Riding a horse is not as easy as riding a motor2 cycle. 骑马不像骑摩托那么容易。 It is nicer/more fun to go with someone than to go alone. 偕伴同去比自己独自去好玩。 (参见第341节。) Tom is very like Bill. 汤姆长得很像比尔。 Bill and Tom are very alike. 贝尔和汤姆长得很像。 He keeps the central heating4 full on.It’s like living in the tropics5. 他把暖气开到最大。就好像住在热带一样。 H原级与like和as连用(下面列举几个副词和形容词的句子)从理论上讲like(介词)只能与名词、代词和动名词连用: He swims like a fish. 他游起泳来像条鱼。 You look like a ghost. 你都不像人样了。 Be like Peter/him:go jogging. 像彼得/他那样:去慢跑吧。 The windows were all barred.It was like being in prison. 窗子都用铁棒封住了。就像住在监狱里一样。 as(连词)与动词连用的结构: Do as Peter does:go jogging. 像彼得那样:去慢跑吧。 Why don’t you cycle to work as we do? 你干嘛不像我们这样骑车上班? 但在英语口语中,这些地方常用like代替as: Cycle to work like we do. 像我们一样骑车上班。 I like+名词和as+名词结构: 他像奴隶一样地干活。(非常劳累) He worked as a slave. 他作为奴隶干活。(他是奴隶。) She used her umberlla as a weapon. 她拿伞当武器。(她用伞打他。) 点击收听单词发音
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