英语比较级运用

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Which is large, Canada or Australia? Which is the larger country, Canada or Australia? Whichi is the larger school, this one or that one? He is more clever than his brother. He is cleverer than his brother. China is larger than any other country in Asia. The population of Shanghai is larger than that of Beijing. • It is easy to read than to write. • It is easy said than done.
• 与其说海洋分隔了世界，不如说海洋连结了世界。
• I don’t so much dislike him as hate him.
• 与其说我不喜欢他，不如说我恨他。
not less than +数词
• • • • • • • • • not less than“不少于” He has not less than four children. 他至少有4个孩子。 not less … than“至少不比…差” He is not less determined than you. 他的决心不比你的差。 The work is not less difficult than that one. 这个工作的难度不比那个低。 There are not less than forty students in this class. • 这个班级至少有40个学生。
倍数
• A is three (four, etc) times the size ( length, height, width, age, depth, etc.) of B. • A is three (four, etc.) times as big (long, high, wide, old, deep, etc.) as B. • A is three (four, etc.) times bigger (longer, higher, wider, older, deeper, etc.) than B. • This bridge is three times as long as that one. = This bridge is three times the length of that one. • Your room is the same size as mine. • As compared with the previous years, the production in this company has doubled.
Not so much … as
• 与其…不如… • He is not so much a writer as a reporter.
• 与其说他是作家，不如说他是个记者。
• Your explanation does not so much enlighten us as confuse us. • 你的解释没有起到启发作用，反而把我们弄糊涂了。 • Oceans don’t so much divide the world as unite 源自文库t.
Very, much修饰
• • • • This is the very earliest plane. This silk is of the very highest quality. This silk is of much the highest quality. This river is the second biggest river in the world.
not +比较级+ than no +比较级+than
• • • • • • • • • not +比较级+ than: “不比…” He is not wiser than his brother. 他不比弟弟聪明。 no +比较级+than：和…一样不 He is no richer than his brother.=Neither he nor his brother is rich. 他和他的弟弟一样穷。 This box is not heavier than that one. This box is no heavier than that one. He is no more able to know German than I am.
• 否定词 + 比较级，否定词 + so … as结构表 示最高级含义 • Nothing is so easy as this. = Nothing is easier than this. = This is the easiest thing. • Second to none也表示最高级。 • None is so blind as those who won’t see. • No country suffered so much as China. • In point of strength, he is second to none. • Nothing is so difficult as to decide.
as … as
• • • • • • • • as … as not so … as / not as … as as + adj. + a + 当数名词 as + many/much +名词复数/不可数名词 He cannot run so/as fast as you. This is as good an example as the other is. I can carry as much paper as you can. He can write as many compositions as she can.
• Not more than + 数词：“不超过” • Not more + 名词+than:与其说是（前者）， 倒不如说是（后者）”， • He is not more a teacher than a student • 与其说他是教师，倒不如说他是学生。 • He has not more than five dollars in his pocket.他口袋里的钱不超过5美元。 • Mr. Smith is not more a writer than a painter. • He has not more than five children. • Your knife is not sharper than mine.
多个比较级
• This handbag is as good as, or better than the one I lost the day before yesterday. • This handbag is as good as, if not better than the one I lost the day before yesterday. • This handbag is one of the best handbags, if not the best one I lost the day before yesterday. • one of the + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数 • if not the +形容词最高级 +名词单数
• No better than, be equal to + 比较对象，be worth +比较对象，三者都表示 “和……一样”。 • No more … than“和…一样不” • no less … than = quite as … as “和…一样” • He is no better than a beggar. • 他实际上等于一个乞丐。 • An inch of time is worth an inch of gold. • 一寸光阴一寸金。 • In strength he is equal to me. • 论力气他和我一样。 • The patient is no better than he was yesterday. • 病人的情况和昨天一样（不好）。 • I could no more do that than you. • 你不能做这件事，我也不能做。 • This story is no more interesting than that one. • 这个故事和那个故事一样没趣。 • She is no less diligent than her elder sister. • 她和她姐姐一样用功。 • He is no less active than he used to be. • 他和以前一样活跃。