比较结构

比较结构

一．同等程度比较：

1. as/so+形容词或副词原级+as-分词

补：as…as结构变体

错误！未找到引用源。as much/many +名词+as-分句

He took as much butter as he needed.

He didn’t take so/as much butter as he needed.

错误！未找到引用源。as+形容词原级+名词词组+as-分句

Tom is as efficient a worker as Jack.

=Tom is a worker (who is) as efficient as Jack.

Hardly ever have I heard as impressive music as this.

=Hardly ever have I heard music as impressive as this.

2. not+比较级+than (并不比…更…）

3. no less +原级+than (和…一样)

John is as bright as Bob.

John behaves as politely as Bob (does).

Sunlight is no less necessary than fresh air to a healthy condition of body.

二．不同程度比较：

1. 形容词或副词比较级+than

more …than 结构

John is brighter than Bob.

John behaves more politely than Bob.

John doesn’t behave as/so politely as Bob.

John behaves less politely than Bob.

特：more A than B 与其说是B, 倒不如说是A

He is more lucky than clever.

注：错误！未找到引用源。否定形式：less than= not as/so+adj/adv+as-分词(不如…，没有….) ≈亦可用原句中adj/adv的反义词的比较级+than-分句

Bill speaks French less well than he writes it.比尔的法文说的没有写的好

Bill speaks French worse than he writes it.比尔的法文说的比写的更不好

错误！未找到引用源。more/less of

He is more/less of a sportsman than his brother.

=He is more sportsmanlike than his brother.

补：more…than结构变体

错误！未找到引用源。限定词more/less/fewer+名词+than-分句

There is less alcohol in this bottle than in that one.

There are fewer visitors today than yesterday.

错误！未找到引用源。adj比较级+n+than-分句

John is more efficient worker than Jack.

错误！未找到引用源。名词词组+more…than

John is a worker more efficient than Jack.

错误！未找到引用源。定冠词+adj或副词比较级+of-词组

John is the brighter of two boys.=John is brighter than the other boy.

Of the two boys John behaves (the) more politely.

=John behaves more politely than the other boy.

2．not so much B as A (与其说是B倒不如说是A)

It isn’t so much his appearance I like as his personality.

The present crisis is much more a political than an economic crisis.

比：not so…as

London isn’t so large as Tokyo.

3. (the)+形容词、副词最高级+比较范围

He is the brightest of the three boys.

He behaves the most politely of the three boys.

反：He behaved the least politely of the three boys.

=He behaved the most rudely of the three boys.

This is the most interesting book I have ever read.

与其它结构的互换：

错误！未找到引用源。Mary did more work than anyone else.

=Mary did the most work.

This car runs faster than any other car in the garage.

=This car runs the fastest of all the cars in the garage.

错误！未找到引用源。Nothing in my life shock me so deeply as my first visit to China. =My first visit to China shock me the most deeply.

错误！未找到引用源。I like nothing better=I t’s the best thing I like.

It can’t be worse=I t’s the worst thing I’ve ever known.

三．其它重要补充

1. not 比较级(more) than

no 比较级(more) than—强调相反

John is not better than Tom. 约翰不比汤姆好。是普通比较结构

John is no better than Tom. 约翰和汤姆一样坏。

2. the+比较级，the+比较级越…越…

more and more “越来越…”

The sooner this is done, the better.

The prices are getting higher and higher.

3.no more+名词+than 既非…也非…

no less+名词+than 即是…也是…