比较级
一 构成 规则变化 ---er ---est
多音节 ---more ---most
不规则
good
well improved best
bad
badly worse worst
many
much more most
older oldest
old
elder eldest
adj an old man
an elderly man
farther farthest I can’t walk any farther (adv)
far( adj adv ) explain sth further
further furthest go abroad for further study
later latest ( 时间上的)迟的;近的go home later
late (adj adv) the latest news
latter last (次序)前者;后者 --- the former----the latter
better---known best--known
well—known
more—well known the most—well known
better—behaved best—behaved
well—behaved
more well—behaved most well—behaved
二1 more than 句型
在比较级前可以有名词或名词短语作程度状语
He is older than me
He is 3 years older than me(I)
He is older than I by there years
He arrived 10 minutes later than expected /usual
2在比较级前加副词或形容词短语
much far still even rather yet no greatly slightly a bit/little/lot/great deal
He does everything much more carefully than before
He work is slightly better than yours (稍微)
any 用于疑问句中修饰比较级
Are you feeling any better
by far the better
by far The room is larger by far than that one.
better by far The room is by far the larger than that one.
3 比较前可以加倍数、分数、和百分数
This room is twice bigger than that one.
4比较级是两者相比,具有排他性
China is bigger than any country in Africa (in Asia F)
China is bigger than any other country in Asia
She is taller than any other girl in the class
anyone else
5 比较级中是同等成分相比 other countries (F)
The population in China is larger than that of other countries
6比较级前加the 的情况
(1) 给定范围的两者比较
Which is the larger country ,America or Australia
(2) 为了强调用 the more of the tow 句型
She is the taller of the tow (sisters)
her (F)
Iron is the more useful of the tow.
7 the more -----the more 句型
The harder you study, the more progress you will make
The busier, the happier.
8 more A than B 与其说A 到不如说B
She is more shy than timid
She is more mother than wife.
9否定词+比较级= 最高级 最-----不过了
Nothing better. 在好不过了 the second to none
He couldn’t be worse. 他的情况在糟糕不过了
--Did she sing well
--Yes, I’ve never heard a better voice
10 从上下文中看出的比较级
He was born in Chicago, but he is better—known for stories about New York.
If there were no exams ,we should have a much happier time at school
11as ---as--- 肯、否 修饰形容词或副词的原级
so---as --- 否
This room is twice as big as that one
the size of that one
as twice big as that one(F)
As big /large as ==the size of
As deep as ==the depth of
As long as ==the length of ==the hight of
As weighty as ==the weight of
The price of
The amount of
12固定用法
as usual
as before
as ever
as ---as one can
as ---as one possible
as many ---as
as much---as
Now I don’t eat as many apples as before
This bottle can hold as much water as that one.
I haven’t seen as interesting a film as this for years
I have as many books as 100 (多达)
比较级
1 not so----as --- 与其说前面不如说后面
more ----than---- 与其说后面不如说前面
The oceans don’t so much divide the world as unite it .与其说海洋分离了这个世界不如说统一世界。
It wasn’t so much appearance I like as his personality .与其说我喜欢他的外表不如说我喜欢他的个性。
The chief reason for the population growth isn’t so much a rise in birth rates as a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care
2 no more than 50 仅有50
not more than 50 不到50
no + 比较级 +than --- 和---一样不
Not + 比较级 +than --- 不比---
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A whale is no more a finish than a house 鲸鱼和马一样都不是鱼。
He is no more a writer than a painter 他即不是作家也不是画家。
I know you better than your brother 我了解你胜过你哥哥。