more

构成比较级或加

most

构成最高级。

例如：

beautiful

more

beautiful

most

beautiful

careful

more

carefully

most

carefully

6.

少数单音节形容词也加

more

和

构成比较级和最高级。

例如：

tired

more

tired

most

tired

pleased

more

pleased

most

pleased

7.

下列形容词，副词的比较级和最高级可有两种构成方法。

cruel

crueler/

more

cruel

cruelest/

most

cruel

often

oftener/

more

often

oftenest/

most

often

strict

stricter/

more

strict

strictest/

most

strict

friendly

friendlier/

more

friendly

friendliest/

most

friendly

8.

下列形容词，副词的比较级和最高级的构成不规则。

good/well

better

best

bad/ill

worse

worst

many/much

more

most

little

less

least

far

farther

/further

farthest/

furthest

old

elder/older

eldest/oldest

三、比较级的用法：

1

．

双方比较表示一方超过另一方时

,

用

“

比较级

+than”

的结构表示。

例如：

There

are

more

workers

in

this

factory

than

in

that

factory.

这个工厂的工人比那个工厂的多。

The

climate

of

Dalian

is

better

than

that

of

Shanghai.

大连的气候比上海好。

The

atmosphere

of

the

earth

is

much

denser

than

that

of

the

moon.

地球的大气比月球的要稠密的多。

2

．

表示一 方不

3

．

及 另一方时，

4

．

用

“less

+

原级

+

than”

的结构表示。

例如：

This

room

is

less

beautiful

than

that

one.

这个房间不如那个房间漂亮。

They

speak

less

fluently

but

more

correctly

than

we(do).

他们讲得不如我们流利，但比我们准确。

5

．

表示一方超过另一方的程度或为二倍

6

．< /p>

时，

7

．

可在比较级前加表示程度的状语。

如：

even,

a

little

,still,

much,

far

,

yet

,by

far,

slightly,

very

much,

no,

any,

rather,

a

great

deal,

a

lot,

lots,

a

bit

等修饰。

例如：

He

works

even

harder

than

before.

他比以前更加努力工作。

There

is

lots

more

sugar

in

the

storeroom.

储藏室有更多的糖。

He

was

too

tired

to

walk

any

further.

他太累了，再也走不动了。

Are

you

any

better

than

before?

你今天比以前好点了吗？

That

would

be

a

great

deal

better.

那样的话就好多了。

The

photographs

of

Mars

taken

by

satellites

are

much

clearer

than

those

taken

from

the

earth.

从卫星上拍的照片比从地球上拍的清楚。

注意：英语的比较级前如无

even,

still

或

yet

等时，译成汉语 时可用

“

较

……”

或

“……

一些

”

< br>或不译出，一般

不可用

“

更

”

。

如：

She

is

better

than

she

was

yesterday.

她比昨天好些了。

Please

come

earlier

tomorrow.

明天请早点来。

注意：

by

far,

far,

much

通常用于强调最高级。

by

far< /p>

用于比较级时，一般放在比较级的后面。如放在前

面，应在二者中 间加

“the”

。

far

and

away,

out

and

away,

the

very

只能用于修饰最高级。

如：

Building

this

tunnel

was

by

far

the

most

challenging

problem

in

the

system.

建筑这样一条隧道无疑是这个系统中最棘手的工程。

This

is

much

the

best.

这是最好的。

It

is

far

and

away

(

or

out

and

away)

the

best.

这是好的无以复加。

This

is

the

very

best

book

that

he

ever

wrote.

这是他写过的书中最好的一本。

8

．

表示主 语随另一方的程度而

9

．