英语中的比较句式建构庞大,复杂多变,往往差之毫厘,谬以千里。它包括比较级,强化式比较,否定式比较,选择式比较, 递增或递减式比较。
一、比较级(comparative degree)
在比较级中,有超越、相等、差逊三个级别。
1. 超越 (superiority)
(1)better than: 胜过,优于
Doing is better than saying.(百说不如一做。)
(2)more than + 从句。多余,超过
She has talked more than what is necessary.(她说了一些多余的话)
(3)“than +关系代词”的从句。 再 …… 不过。
He is a scholar than whom no man ever will be more honest.
(他是个再诚实不过的学者了。)
(4)superior to :占优势,比……胜一筹。
He is superior to his elder brother.(他比他哥哥强)
2. 相等 (equality)
(1) as … as. 如……一样。
As busy as a bee. ( 忙得不可开交)
(2) as well as 。 既 …… 又, 和……一样。
Pompey, as well as Caesar, was a great man.
(像恺撒一样,庞培也是一位伟人。)
(3) the same as…. 像……一样。
The same as the past. (一如从前。)
(4) such/ so…as. 像……一样。
Such a great poet as Homer was proficient not just in literature but also in history .
(像荷马那样的诗人,不仅要精通文学,还要精通历史。)
(5) no sooner than.. 一……就(几乎同时,夸张用法)。
No sooner said than done.(说到做到。)
(6) No more than. 就像,不优于。
You’re no more capable of speaking French than I am.
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