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如何理解never…a better的意思

2016-11-14来源:和谐英语

如何理解never…a better的意思

英语学习中,经常会见到 never…a better 之类的用法,你知道它是什么意思吗?请看下面一题:

How beautifully she sings! I have never heard __________ voice.

A. a better                          B. a best

C. the better                        D. the best

【陷阱】容易误选D,认为最高级前要用定冠词。

【分析】其实此题最佳答案为A,该句可视为…I have never heard a better voice than her voice 之省略,全句句意为“她唱得多好啊!我从未听过她这么好的声音”。请再看以下类似的实例:

He is fine, never better. 他很好,比以往任何时候都好。

This bird is really lovely. I’ve never seen a finer one. 这只鸟真可爱,我从未见过这样好看的鸟。

比较以下试题,情形也大致相同:

(1) “I’ve never found a better job.” “_______.”

A. I don’t think so                        B. Too bad

C. Congratulations                        D. Don’t worry

答案选C,I’ve never found a better job可视为 I’ve never found a better job than this job 之省略,句意为:我从来没有找到比这份工作更好的工作,即这是我所找到的最好的工作。

(2) “What do you think of the service here?” “Oh, ______. We couldn’t have found a better place.”

A. too bad                                   B. sorry

C. wonderful                               D. impossible

答案选 C。We couldn’t have found a better place 可视为We couldn’t have found a better place than this place,其意为“我们不可能找到一个比这个地方更好的地方”,即“这是我们所能找到的最好的地方”。

(3) Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _____IQ.

A. a high                                     B. a higher

C. the higher                                D. the highest

答案选B,句意为“……我怀疑班上有没有哪个人比他智商更高”,即“我认为他可能是班上智商最高的”。

(4)  How cold it is! We’ve never had ______ this winter.

A. the colder day                           B. a cold day

C. the coldest day                          D. a colder day

答案选 D。句意为“今年冬天我们还从未遇上过这样冷的日子”。