⒈表示“越来越……”的意思: “比较级 + and + 比较级”或“more and more / less and less + 原级”结构,与这类结构搭配的常用动词有grow,get,become等。
She felt herself becoming more and more nervous.
As the winter is drawing near,it's getting colder and colder.
⒉表示两者之间更···the + 比较级 + of the two + 名词。
Jane is the taller of the two children in our family.
⒊ 表示“越……”:“the + 比较级……,”,The more magazines you sell,the more money you will get.
⒋ “否定 + 比较级” 相当于最高级。
— Wait until we get a satisfactory reply,will you?
— I couldn't agree more. The idea sounds great to me.
⒌ “a + 比较级 + 名词(than...)” 结构常出现在以never构成的完成时态的动词后面。
How beautifully she sings!I have never heard a better voice.
⒍ 倍数表示法:...times as +形容词原级 + as...;
...times + 形容词比较级 + than...;...times the + 性质名词 + of...。
The dining hall is three times as large as that one.
The dining hall is three times larger than that one.
The dining hall is three times the size of that one.
比较级表示最高级
英语中用比较级句型可以表最高级的含义,较为常见的有下列几种形式:
1、直接使用比较级
① How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice. = She has the best voice I've ever heard. ② I have never read a more interesting novel. = It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.
any other + n.(单)
2、比较级+ than + the other +n.(复)
any of the other + n.(复)
① She goes to school earlier than the other girls. ② He works harder than any other student.
③ China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.
3、比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else ① George did more work than anyone else.
② Tom cared more for money than for anything else.
4、在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" + better than… 等词。 ① I like nothing better than swimming. ② Nobody can do the work better than he did. ③ No other building is as grand as the new hotel.
5、one of + the +adj.最高级 + n.(复) “最 „„的„„之一” eg. Paper-making is one of the greatest inventions of ancient China.
6、the + 序数词 + adj.最高级 + n.(单) + in短语 “第几(长、大、远)„„” eg. The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
7、adj.最高级 可用在选择疑问句中,常用句型:Which/ Who … A, B or C? eg. Which city is the biggest, Beijing, Shanghai or Chongqing?
8、当adj.最高级 前有物主代词、指示代词、名词所有格 修饰时,省掉最高级前的定冠词the。
eg. Linda is my sister’s best friend.