比较级的用法
1.表示"比...更",用比较级形容词+than+比较成分,than后主词的述语动词往往省略,非正式用法的than后的人称代名词可用受格.
He is younger than I (am).
他比我年轻.
I am a better swimmer than he(him).
我游泳比他好.
2.表示"较...低; 不及..."用less+原级形容词+than+比较成分.
I am less young than he (is).
我不比他年轻.
3.表示两者之中"较...",用the+比较级+of the two.
This one is the bigger of the two houses.
这所房子是两座房子中较大的.
4.定冠词或指示形容词+比较级+名词表示比较.
The taller boy is John.
那个身材较高的男孩子是约翰.
5.有少数以ior结尾的形容词,如inferior(次于),junior(年幼的;下级的),posterior(之后),prior(之前),senior(年长的,上级的),superior(优于)等本身就有比较的意思,常与介系词to连用.
This method is superior to that one.
这种方法优于那种方法.
6.比较形容词可以被副词如a little(一点),much(得多),even(更加),still(更加),far(...的多)等修饰,但不可用very修饰.
中文:现在的生活比二十年前的生活轻松得多了.
(误)Life is very easier than it was twenty years ago.
(正)Life is very much easier than it was twenty years ago.
较级特殊用法
1． no more… than…与.一样不.
not more…than… 没有.那样.,不如.
not less… than… 不亚于.
2．more than…不止,仅仅,非常,极其 This more than satisfied me.
3．more than a little非常
4．not more than不多于 no (not any) more than不过,仅仅
5．no less than有.之多,多达 not less than 至少,不下于
6．neither more nor less than恰好,不多不少,简直,和.完全一样
7．better than多于,超过 It is better than 20 km to the station.
8．(in) less than no time立即,一会儿
9．(be) little/no better than实际上,简直就是
10．nothing less than完全是,和.一模一样
11．all the more越发,更加
12.any (the) less较小/更小一些
13.all the better更好,更加
14.so much the better/worse (for sb./sth.)甚至更好/更坏
15.go one better (than sb./sth.)胜过.一筹
16.more…than…与其说.不如说.
17.would sooner/rather…than与其.宁愿
18.(be) more like…than不象.倒象
19.rather…than…/rather than宁可.而不
20.other than除了.,除.之外
21.rather…than otherwise不是别的而是
22.no/none other than正是,除.之外无其他
23.no more不再,不复存在,也不,也没有
24.less than不.
25.more often than no经常,多半t
26.see more/less of someone更常/少见；再/少见到.
27.none + the + 比较级 毫不.,毫无.
28.have seen better days（现在）情况转坏
29.think better of sth.改变.的念头
30.for better or (for) worse无论好坏,同甘共苦
31.all the better因.而更加
32.more than meets the eye/ear另有隐情,并非表面那么简单的
More is meant than,meets the ear.意在言外
There is more ( to it ) than meets the eyes.现象背后有文章