比较级及比较句型一.基本特征1
形容词和副词比较级的形式应 和比较连词对应出现 ,即应符合原级比较及比较级的结构
如:---Do you enjoy listening to records
---I find records are often as good as, or better than an actual performance
比较的成分 应 属于同类事物或同类概念
如:Young readers, more often than not, find the novels of Dickens far more exciting than Thackeray’s
---- Thackeray’s novels3
比较级的修饰语如 a little, a lot, the, any, even, far, hardly, lots, much, rather,还有表示倍数比较的词等,他们的位置是:修饰语+as…as…, 或修饰语+more…than…
如:Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills seven times more people each year than automobile accidents
“Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting
” “No, I would gladly have paid twice as much for it
下列词和短语不用比较级形式却表示比较概念:inferior,minor,senior,prior,prefer to , superior , major , junior , preferable , differ from , compar