形容词比较级的前置修饰词

英语中可以修饰形容词比较级的词有：

1）表示数量的词。例如：

Shall I get a couple more chairs？

Where can I get a few more computers?

It was one-fourth cheaper than the market price.

2）much, far, by far, a lot, lots, a great deal, a bit, a little，somewhat之类表示程度的词。例如：He’s feeling a lo t better today.

Now I feel a great deal more confident.

She’s actually a good deal older than she looks.

3）any, some, still, even之类的词。例如：

You must go and get some more milk.

He is fat, but his brother is still fatter.

This book is even more useful than that.

4）no，not any常用在比较级前表示“并不”。

The girl is no clever than you．那姑娘和你一样笨。

The situation is not any better than before．与以前相比，情况无任何好转

5）倍数、分数、百分数等表示数量的词常放在比较级前表示具体差别。

My brother is three years older than I．我哥比我大三岁。

The room is two-fifths smaller than yours．这间房比你那间小五分之二。

Cotton output is 57 percent higher than last year．棉花产量比去年高百分之五十七。

6）by+具体的数量词常放在句未表示具体差别。

He arrived here later than you by an hour．他比你晚一小时到这儿。

This street is wider than that one by two metres这条街比那条街宽2米。

注意：

1）除by far（可在比较级前或后）外，其他词必须置于形容词比较级的前面。例如：This applicant is by far better / better by far than that one.

这个申请人比那个要好得多。

2）any只用于否定句、疑问句和条件句中。例如：

Do you feel any better today?

你今天感觉好一点了吗？

1. The experiment was _____ easier than we had expected.

A. more

B. much more

C. much

D. more much

2. Mary kept weighing herself to see how much ____ she was getting.（2004全国卷I）

A. heavier

B. heavy

C. the heavier

D. the heaviest

3. I wish you’d do _____ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better. A. a bit less B. any less C. much more D. a little more

4. After two years’ research, we now have a _____ better understanding of the disease.

A. very

B. far

C. fairly

D. quite

Key: 1-4 CAAB