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03 形容词与副词
一、形容词、副词的基本用法
1. 形容词作状语表示伴随或结果,并不表达动作的方式。
After the long journey, the three of them went back home, hungry and tired.
经过长时间旅行后,他们三个回到家,又饿又累。
2. 有些副词还可以作连词,作副词时常放在句末。如:though, (ever)since, in case等。
He is old. He works hard, though.
=Though he is old, he works hard.
虽然他年事已高,但他工作还是很努力。
3. 有些副词置于句首可修饰全句,作评注性状语。如:obviously, naturally, surprisingly等。
Fortunately, he was not drowned and was saved by the PLA.
幸运的是,他没被淹死,被解放军给救了。
Happily for her, her stepmother was kind to her.
高兴的是,她的继母对她很好。
4. can not/never与enough 或too连用表示:无论怎样都不过分;越……越好。
—I was riding alone in the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down.
——我正在大街上独自一人骑自行车,突然一辆小汽车强行超车把我撞倒了。
—You can never be too careful in the street.
——在大街上你越小心越好。
二、形容词、副词的比较等级
(一)平级比较
1. "as+形容词+(a/an)+名词+as"表示同级比较,注意中间的形容词和名词并列时各自所在的位置。
☞It is generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.
人们普遍认为,教学是一门科学,同时也是一门艺术。
2. "as+形容词/副词的原级+as"与"not as/so+形容词/副词的原级+as"表示同级比较,即两个或两
部分人或物在性质上或程度上相同(不同)。
☞The work is not as/so difficult as you imagine.
这项工作不是像你想像得那么难。
(二)比较级
1. 比较级的修饰语有: rather, much,still, any(否定句、疑问句中), even, far, a lot,a bit, a little, a great deal等。
☞He is much taller than Yao Ming.
他比姚明高多了。
☞The book is better by far than that one. 这本书比那本书要好得多。
2. 比较级的常见结构:
(1)"比较级+than"结构可以表达一方超过或低于另一方的情况。
☞You look much younger than I do. 你看上去比我年轻多了。
☞She doesn’t work harder than you. 她工作不如你努力。
(2)由more, fewer, less+名词构成的比较级
①more "比……多",后接复数名词或不可数名词
☞I have more news books than my cousin.
☞He has more milk than I.
②less "比……少",后接不可数名词
☞He has less water than me.
③fewer"比……少",后接复数名词
☞They have fewer flowers than we .
3. 比较级的特殊结构
(1)The more…, the more…表示"越……,就越……"(more代表比较级)
☞The more careful you are, the fewer mistakes you will make.
你越细心,你犯的错误就越少。
☞The happier you are, the more friends you will make.
你越快乐,你将会交越多的朋友。
2."比较级+比较级"和"more and more+多音节词原级"表示"越来越……"
☞Our school is cleaner and cleane