比较级和倍数表达

I、no less than 不亚于，不亚于，竟达...... 之多

1) The audience was no less than five thousand. 听众有五千人之多。

2) That hotel probably costs no less than 20 dollars a night. 那间旅馆的住宿费大约要20 元一晚呢。

3) He is no less a person than a minister 他的身分不亚于部长。

not less than 不比.... 差，至少,至少和…一样

1) I'll stay here not less than three days. 我将待在这里至少三天。

2) She is not less beautiful than Mary 她至少和玛丽一样美丽。

no more than 同样不；仅仅，只有

1) He is no more than a worker. 他仅仅是个工人。

2) It's no more than a misunderstanding. 这只是个误会。

3) It is no more than ten minutes' walk from the station. 由车站走到这里只有十分钟的路程。

not more than 不比…… 更，不如；至多

1) He is not more diligent than you are. 他不象你那样勤奋。(重点在you are diligent 。他也勤奋，但不如你勤奋。)

2) I'll stay here not more than three days. 我将待在这里最多不超过三天。

n As well as

作为习语用作介词时，as well as的涵义是还有” 不但…而且…”值得注意的是，在A as well as B的结构里，语意的重点在A，不在B。因此，“He can speak Spanish as well as English ．”的译文应该是：“他不但会说英语，而且会讲西班牙语”，决不能译作：“他不但会说西班牙语，而且会讲英语”。如果这样翻译，就是本末倒置了。as well as和not only…but also同义，但前者的语

意重点和后者的语意重点恰好颠倒。

如果as well as用作连词引出比较从句，其义为和…一样好”因此，“He speaks Spanish as well as English ．”应译作：“他说西班牙语像说英语一样好”。语意

的重点依旧在前部，不在后半部。

请注意as well as 以下的用法：

She called on you as well as I ．

不但我来看你，她也拜访了你。

She called on you as well as me ．

她不但拜访了我，也拜访了你。

在下列句中，as well as 表示“像…一样”的涵义：

She as well as you is an English teacher ．

她像你一样也是英文教师。

这里的谓语动词用is，不用are,因为句中的主语是she，不是she和you。

As well是副词短语，其义为也”相当于too，它一般放在句末，有时和连词and 或but 搭配使用。例：

He is a worker ，and a poet as well ．

他是工人，但也是诗人。

China possesses enormous quantities of coal and is rich in other minerals as well．中国拥有大量煤炭，其他的矿藏也很丰富。

Mr．Liu can speak English ，but he can speak Cantonese as well ．

刘先生会说英语，但他也能讲广东话。

川英语倍数表达法用英语表达"A是B的N倍长（宽，高，大，重等）"，"A比B长（宽，高, 大，重等）N倍"或"A的长度（宽度，高度，大

小，重量等）是 B 的N 倍"，可用下列几种句型。

1."A + be + 倍数+ as + 计量形容词原级+ as + B".

This tree is three times as tall as that one. 这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。

His father is twice as old as he. 他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。

2. "A + be + 倍数+ 计量形容词比较级+ than + B " The Yangtze River is almost

twice longer than the Pearl River. 长江差不多比珠江长两倍。

The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one. 这本字典比那本恰好贵 5 倍。

3. "A + be + 倍数+ the + 计量名词+ of + B "

The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one. 新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。

4. "The + 计量名词+ of + A + be + 倍数+ that + of + B "

The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one. 新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。

5. 其它

I'm twice/ double his age. 我的年龄是他的两倍。

I've paid five times the usual price for the stamp. 我出了5 倍于往常的价格买这枚邮票。

The average income of the staff has been increased by 50 percent compared with last year. 与去年相比，该单位职工的

收入增加了50%.

The price of TVs are twofold（ adj. 两部分的, 双重的） down over these years. 近几年来，电视机的价格下降了两倍。

IV as/so…as用于原级的比较，但在实际应用中，此结构在不同的

语境中含义差异较大。现把其用法整理归纳如下，以供读者参考。

1、as/so…as结构的基本模式是：as+形容词/副词+as从句