形容词和副词的三个比较等级：同级比较、比较级和最高级。1. “ (not) as (so) + a(n) + N.+ adj. + as ...”This is as good an example as the other is.这个例子和另外一个一样好。I can carry as much paper as you can.你能搬多少纸，我也能。2. ”A is as much + N + as B is ..” 【此句型意为“⋯和⋯同样⋯”。“as much ＋<名词 >＋as＋（ be）＋ <主词 >”的 be 通常省略或放句末。To eat too much is as much a bad thing as to eat nothing. （吃太多和什么都不吃同样是坏事。）He is as much a member of the orchestra as Tom. （他和汤姆同样是管絃乐队的成员。）3. ． " not so much ．．． as．．． " 【此句型强调的是第二个as 后面的成分。可译为：与其说 ...不如说 ...。相当於“ <名词 >＋rather than＋<名词 >”。】He is not so much a writer as a scholar. 与其说他是作家倒不如说他是学者。The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning. 学校教育的最大用处，与其说是教你事物，不如说是教你学习的方法。4..... as ... as one can Our teacher explained the lesson to us as clearly as he could. 我们的老师尽可能清楚地为我们解释这一课。You should be as careful as you can in making friends. 在交朋友方面，你应该尽可能小心。5. ． "as ．．． as．．． " 句型还可以用来比较一个事物或一个人的两个不同的特征，表示两个特征同时存在，具有 both ．．．and．．．的含义， 可译成： " 既⋯⋯又⋯⋯ " 。例如：The landlord was as greedy as cruel ．这个地主既贪婪又残忍。It is as your fault as yourwife’s．这既是你的错误也是你妻子的错误。6. A is to B what C is to D The people is to the Party's army what/as water is to fish. 人民的军队离不开人民，就象鱼离不开水。Leaves do for plants what/as lungs do for animals. 叶子对于植物的作用，正如肺对于动物的作用一样。7．"As X is to Y，so is A to B．" ：这个句型表示A 与 B之间的关系就像X 与Y之间的关系， 以人们所熟知的两个事物...
