她宁愿在家看书,不愿出游。 He paid no less than 200 dollars. 他至少付了200美元。
注意:类似的词组有prefer A to B偏爱……胜过……(肯定A,否定B);A+not+比较级+than+B A不如B。 I prefer watching movie to TV program. 我喜欢看电影而不是看电视。 He is not taller than Jack. 他没有Jack高。 3)其他比较句型:
The+比较级,the+比较级越……,越…… 比较级and比较级越来越……
Is that true that the higher education you gain the better job you can get?
受的教育多就能找到更好的工作吗?
Winter comes,so it gets colder and colder. 冬天来了,所以天气越来越冷。 4)倍数的表示法:
公式:A is+倍数+名词+of B A是B的……倍 A is+倍数+as十形容词+as B A是B的……倍 A is+倍数+比较级+than B A比B大…… Your room is twice as big as mine.
你的房间是我的两倍。
This street is four times the length of that ode. 这条街是那条街的四倍长。
This bowl is twice bigger than that olle. 这个碗比那个碗大两倍。 5)修饰比较级和最高级的副词:
修饰比较级:far,a bit,a lot,much,a great deal,rather,any,little等;
修饰最高级:far,very,second,next,much,not quite,by no means等。
This room is a bit larger than that one. 这个房间比那个房间大一点。
I think this is the very best book I have ever read. 我认为这是我读过的最好的书了。 例题及说明:
例l:New typewriters cost about price of the second-hand ones.(2004) A.three times the B.a three times C.the three times D.three times a
说明:考查倍数。答案:A。【句子大意】新打字机的价格是二手货
的三倍。
例2:l like black coffee very much.The stronger it is,.(2004) A.I like it better B.the more I like C.the better I like it D.I like it more
说明:考查比较级。答案:C。The more...,the more...越……,越……。【句子大意】我喜欢不加糖也不加奶油的咖啡,而且越浓越好。
形容词和副词 I.要点 A.形容词 1、形容词的用法
形容词是用来修饰、描绘名词的,通常在句中作定语、表语或宾补,有时还可作状语。如:
He is honest and hardworking. I found the book interesting.
某些形容词与定冠词连用表示一类人作主语时,谓语通常用复数形式。如:
The rich and the poor live in different parts of the city. The English like to be with their families. 多个形容词作定语修饰名词的顺序:
冠词+序数词+基数词+性质状态(描述性)+形状大小+新旧老少+颜色+国籍+材料+名词。如:the second five interesting big new red Chinese wall papers. 2、形容词比较等级的形式 (1)规则形式
一般说来,单音节词及少数双音节词在后加-er;--est来构成比较级和最高级;其他双音节词及多音节词在前加more,most.如: great-greater-greatest busy-busier-busiest
important-more important-(the)most important (2)不规则形式
good(well)-better-best bad(ill)-worse-worst many(much)-more-most little-less-least (3)形容词比较等级的用法
①表示两者的比较,用形容词的比较级+than.如: He is cleverer than the other boys. This one is more beautiful than that one.
②表示两者以上的比较,用\形容词最高级(+名词)+of(in)…\如:
He is the cleverest boy in his class.
③表示两者是同等程度,用\形容词原级+as\如: He is as tall as I.
I have as many books as you. ④越…越…
例如:The more I learn,the happier I am. ⑤You can never be too careful.越小心越好
又如:You can never praise the teacher too highly. 你怎么赞扬这个老师也不过分。
⑥I have never spent a more worrying day. 那一天是最令我担心的一天。 I have never had a better dinner. 这是我吃过的最好的一顿饭。
⑦My English is no better than yours. 我的英语和你的英语都不怎么样。 B.副词 1、副词的种类 (1)时间副词如:
ago,before,already,just,now,early,late,finally,tomorrow等 (2)地点副词如:
here,there,near,around,in,out,up,down,back,away,outside等。 (3)方式副词如:
carefully,angrily,badly,calmly,loudly,quickly,politely,nerv