比较级该怎么用:两者相较的几种说法
前面我们已经了解到,英语比较结构最主要的有三种:as...as结构,more...than结构以及the most...结构。其中,more...than结构的运用最为频繁。今天,小编详细为大家梳理了形容词比较级more...than结构的用法。
一、基本用法:
1.形容词比较级+than:
Jack is taller than Tom.
2.more/less/fewer+名词+than:
Lucy spent more money on books than her sister.
3.不定冠词/零冠词+形容词比较级+名词+than:
Tom is a more efficient worker than Jack.
4.the+比较级+of词组:
Lucy is the taller of the two girls.(两个中较……的一个)
5.比较级形式表达最高级含义:比较级+than any other+单数名词:(比其他任何……都……)
Lucy is taller than any other girl in her class. 露西比班上任何一个女孩都高。(即露西是班上最高的女生。)
二、特殊用法:
1.more and more...(越来越……)
Lucy becomes more and more beautiful.
2.the ..., the...(越……就越……)
The harder we work, the more progress we will make.
3.比较级前可加much,a lot, far, even, still, a little, no, any等表示程度的词来修饰。
The job is far more difficult than before.
4. more和less用作代词,与某些可等级名词搭配:
He is more/ less of a sportsman than his best friend.
=He is more/ less sportsmanlike than his best friend.
5.表示倍数的比较级用法:
倍数+ the + size / length / depth /height +of
=倍数+ as +形容词原级+ as
=倍数+比较级+than
The new building is three times the height of the old one. (这座新楼是旧楼的三倍高。)
=The new building is three times as high as the old one.
=The new building is twice higher than the old one.