英语语法专项：比较级(comparative degree)

比较级(comparative degree)

在比较级中，有超越、相等、差逊三个级别。

1. 超越(superiority)

（1）better than: 胜过，优于

Doing is better than saying.（百说不如一做。）

(2)more than + 从句。多余，超过

She has talked more than what is necessary.(她说了一些多余的话)

（3）“than +关系代词”的从句。再…… 不过。

He is a scholar than whom no man ever will be more honest.

（他是个再诚实不过的学者了。）

（4）superior to ：占优势，比……胜一筹。

He is superior to his elder brother.(他比他哥哥强)

2. 相等(equality)

(1) as …as. 如……一样。

As busy as a bee. ( 忙得不可开交)

(2) as well as 。既…… 又，和……一样。

Pompey, as well as Caesar, was a great man.

(像恺撒一样，庞培也是一位伟人。)

(3) the same as…. 像……一样。

The same as the past. (一如从前。)

(4) such/ so…as. 像……一样。

Such a great poet as Homer was proficient not just in literature but also in history .

(像荷马那样的诗人，不仅要精通文学，还要精通历史。)

(5) no sooner than.. 一……就（几乎同时，夸张用法）。

No sooner said than done.(说到做到。)

(6) No more than. 就像，不优于。

You’re no more capable of speaking French than I am.

（你我都不会说日语。）

(7) No less than. 就像，不次于。

Technology is no less important than market.

(技术和市场同样重要。)

(8) 否定代词+more than (else than, other than) 。than是介词，只不过……而已。

This is no other than myself.

（这人就是我。）

3.差逊(inferiority)

(1) inferior to. 比……差，逊于……

She in to some degree inferior to him in literary.

（她比他在文学上稍逊风骚。）

(2) less than.. 少于，不到

It rains less in Jinan than in Hangzhou.

（济南的降雨比杭州少。）

（3）“差逊”中的形容词或副词可以转换成反义词，再按“超越”的路子来翻译，这在翻译中叫做“词义的转换”。(conversion of acceptation)

The sky started to grow lighter and the shadow in the little town less dark..

（天色渐渐发白，小镇里的阴影处也慢慢亮了起来。）

二、递增或递减( comparison of progressive and retrogressive degree)

1．最……最……。最高级……最高级。

He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.

（犯错最少的将军就是最好的将军。）

The cheapest is always the dearest.

（最便宜的东西往往是最贵的）

The sweetest grapes hang highest.

(最甜的葡萄长在最高的地方。)

2．From+原级+to+比较级。越……越……。

From bad to worse.（越来越糟）

3. as well as. 不仅……，也……。（强调在前）

She can speak Japanese as well as English.

（她不仅能说英语，还能说日语）

4. all the more……。反而更……。

She has all the more reason..

（她反而更有理。）

5. ever +现在分词。

He is ever perfecting in his professional work..

（他在业务上精益求精。）

6．More and more ，ever more……，growing……，increasingly, on the increase. 越来越…… ，与日俱增。。

He becomes more and more irritated by her selfish behavior.

(他对她的自私的行为越来越恼火)

He seems ever more nervous during the job interview.

（他在招聘面试中似乎越来越紧张。）

He expressed his growing indifference to her.

（他对她越来越冷淡。）

Increasingly important, popular(越来越重要、普及)

7．more than .不仅……；而且有余。

The reservoir can more than make up for the shortage of rainfall.

（水库里的水不仅可补雨水之缺，还绰绰有余。

8．more……, less……. 越……反而更……

More haste, less speed. （欲速不达。）

9. None the more: not at all. 毫无，毫不。