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常见比较结构的用法区别

2020-05-24来源:和谐英语


常见比较结构的用法区别

 

1. more and more与 the more, the more前者表示“越来越……”,后者表示“越……,越……”。如:

Our country is getting more and more powerful. 我们国家越来越强大。

The more we get together, the happier we will be. 人聚得越多,我们越快活。

2. more than 与less than:前者“(指数量)多于”、“不只是”、“非常”等,后者表示“少于”、“比……少”。如:

I’ve known him for more than 10 years. 我已认识他10多年了。

He is more than a father to her. 他待她胜过父亲。

She was more than kind to us. 她对我们很友好。

It cost me less than 10 pounds. 我买它没要上10英镑。

She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少。

3. more than 与 lessthan:前者表示“比……多,比……更”,后者表示“比……少,不如……”。如:

He has more books than me. 他的书比我多。

He is more careful than the others. 他比其他人更仔细。

I got less money than the others did. 我比别人得到的钱少。

注:两者均可表示“与其……不如”,但词序不同。如:(from www.hxen.net)

He is less a teacher than an expert. / He is more an expert than a teacher. / He is not so much a teacher as an expert. 与其说他是老师,不如说他是专家。

4. “no+比较级+than”结构:这类结构的实际意思是对待比较的两个对象进行否定,相当于该原级形容词或副词使用as…as结构的意思。如no better than = as bad as,意为“与……一样不好”,no faster than = as slow as,意为“与……一样不快”,no taller than = as short as,意为“与……一样不高”等。

5. no more than与not more than:两者均可表示数量,前者表示“仅仅”、“只有”(= only),强调少;而后者表示“不多于”、“至多”(= at most)。如:

It is no more than five miles to the station. 去车站只有5英里。

It is not more than five miles to the station. 去车站最多5英里。(from www.hxen.net)

6. no morethan与not morethan:前者用于否定两者,意为“同……一样不”(=neither ... nor);而后者只强调两者的程度不同,意为“不如”、“不及”(= not so ... as)。如:

He’s no more able to read Spanish than I am. 他和我都读不懂西班牙语。(=Neither he nor I am not read Spanish.)

She is not more clever than he is.  她不如他聪明。(= She is not so clever as he is.)

This film is not more interesting than that one. 这部电影不比那部电影更有趣。(This film is not so interesting as that one.)