英语词汇using comparatives and superlatives的意思、翻译、用法及例句-英语用法大全

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using comparatives and superlatives206 using comparatives and superlatives1thanAfter comparatives we use than, not that or as.Today's hotter than yesterday. (not … hotter that … or … hotter as …)2the difference between comparatives and superlativesWe use a comparative to compare one person, thing, action, event or group with another person, thing, etc. We use a superlative to compare somebody/something with the whole group that he/she/it belongs to.Compare:–Emily's taller than her three sisters.Emily's the tallest of the four girls. (not … the taller …)–Your accent is worse than mine.Your accent is the worst in the class. (not … the worse …)–He plays better than everybody else in the team.He's the best in the team.3groups with two membersWhen a group only has two members, we sometimes use a comparative instead of a superlative.I like Lily and Mia, but I think Mia's the nicer/nicest of the two.I'll give you the bigger/biggest steak: I'm not very hungry.Some people feel that a superlative is incorrect in this case.4double comparatives: fatter and fatter; more and more slowlyWe can use double comparatives to say that something is changing.I'm getting fatter and fatter.We're going more and more slowly. (not … more slowly and more slowly.)5the … the …We can use comparatives with the … the … to say that things change or vary together.Word order (in both clauses):the + comparative expression + subject + verbThe older I get, the happier I am. (not Older I get, more I am happy.)The more dangerous it is, the more I like it. (not The more it is dangerous, …)The more I study, the less I learn.Noun phrases with more can be used in this structure.The more money he makes, the more useless things he buys.In longer structures, that is sometimes used before the first verb.The more information that comes in, the more confused the picture is.A short form of this structure is used in the expression The more the merrier, and in sentences ending the better.'How do you like your coffee?''The stronger the better.'Note that in this structure, the word the is not really the definite article – it was originally a form of the demonstrative pronoun, meaning 'by that much'.6than me; than I (am)In an informal style, object pronouns (me, etc) are used after than. In a more formal style, subject pronouns (I, etc) are used (usually with verbs).She's older than me. (informal)She is older than I (am). (formal)7the happiest man in the worldAfter superlatives, we do not usually use of with a singular word referring to a place or group.I'm the happiest man in the world. (not … of the world.)She's the fastest runner in the class. (not … of the class.)But of can be used before plurals, and before lot.She's the fastest runner of them all.He's the best of the lot.Note also the structure with possessive 's.He thinks he's the world's strongest man.8than anybody; the best … ever'Non-affirmative' words like ever, yet and any (222) often follow comparatives and superlatives.It's the best book I've ever read.This is my hardest job yet.You're more stubborn than anybody I know.For tenses after than, 231.For the first/second/best, etc + present/past perfect, 56.PreviousNext

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释义	Contents overview using comparatives and superlativesComparison206 using comparatives and superlatives1thanAfter comparatives we use than, not that or as.Today's hotter than yesterday. (not … hotter that … or … hotter as …)2the difference between comparatives and superlativesWe use a comparative to compare one person, thing, action, event or group with another person, thing, etc. We use a superlative to compare somebody/something with the whole group that he/she/it belongs to.Compare:–Emily's taller than her three sisters.Emily's the tallest of the four girls. (not … the taller …)–Your accent is worse than mine.Your accent is the worst in the class. (not … the worse …)–He plays better than everybody else in the team.He's the best in the team.3groups with two membersWhen a group only has two members, we sometimes use a comparative instead of a superlative.I like Lily and Mia, but I think Mia's the nicer/nicest of the two.I'll give you the bigger/biggest steak: I'm not very hungry.Some people feel that a superlative is incorrect in this case.4double comparatives: fatter and fatter; more and more slowlyWe can use double comparatives to say that something is changing.I'm getting fatter and fatter.We're going more and more slowly. (not … more slowly and more slowly.)5the … the …We can use comparatives with the … the … to say that things change or vary together.Word order (in both clauses):the + comparative expression + subject + verbThe older I get, the happier I am. (not Older I get, more I am happy.)The more dangerous it is, the more I like it. (not The more it is dangerous, …)The more I study, the less I learn.Noun phrases with more can be used in this structure.The more money he makes, the more useless things he buys.In longer structures, that is sometimes used before the first verb.The more information that comes in, the more confused the picture is.A short form of this structure is used in the expression The more the merrier, and in sentences ending the better.'How do you like your coffee?''The stronger the better.'Note that in this structure, the word the is not really the definite article – it was originally a form of the demonstrative pronoun, meaning 'by that much'.6than me; than I (am)In an informal style, object pronouns (me, etc) are used after than. In a more formal style, subject pronouns (I, etc) are used (usually with verbs).She's older than me. (informal)She is older than I (am). (formal)7the happiest man in the worldAfter superlatives, we do not usually use of with a singular word referring to a place or group.I'm the happiest man in the world. (not … of the world.)She's the fastest runner in the class. (not … of the class.)But of can be used before plurals, and before lot.She's the fastest runner of them all.He's the best of the lot.Note also the structure with possessive 's.He thinks he's the world's strongest man.8than anybody; the best … ever'Non-affirmative' words like ever, yet and any (222) often follow comparatives and superlatives.It's the best book I've ever read.This is my hardest job yet.You're more stubborn than anybody I know.For tenses after than, 231.For the first/second/best, etc + present/past perfect, 56.PreviousNext
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