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Part 3 Grammar for Writing
一、形容词和副词的同级比较
在上一单元中,我们学习了形容词的比较级和最高级,同时还了解到一些形容词是没有比较等级的。如果想运用极限形容词比较两者可以怎么做呢?这就是本单元我们要重点学习的内容:形容词和副词的同级比较。其主要结构是:as+形容词或副词原级+as…。
请阅读下面关于形容词和副词的同级比较的用法,注意其结构变化和所表达的意义,然后整理成思维导图。
建议用时:10~15分钟 实际用时: 分钟
句型结构 意义 例句
as+形容词或副词原级+as 表示前者与后者一样 •My handwriting is as beautiful as yours.
•I can write as beautifully as you (do).
as+形容词原级+名词+as 表示前者与后者一样 •He is as naughty a boy as John.
•He has as many friends as you (do).
not as/so+形容词或副词原级+as 表示前者不如后者 •My mum felt not so happy as I did.
•He did not come as/so early as Wang Lin.
倍数/分数/百分数+as+形容词或副词原级+as 表示前者是后者的几倍/几分之几/百分之几 •My bedroom is twice as big as theirs.
•The population of this city is two thirds as large as that of our city.
as…as+含有数量的词组 表示强调其数量多 •Some of the stones weighed as much as fifteen tons.
•He had played on computer for as long as three hours.
as…as possible / as you can / as you like 表示尽可能……/
尽你所爱 •Can you say it as loudly as possible?
•You can take water as much as you like.
as…as ever / usual / before 表示与往常一样 •My English teacher is as young as ever.
•She worked as hard as before.
二、含有形容词和副词的级但不表示比较意义的情况
1.注意以下同级短语还具有特殊含义。
•as good as 几乎,实际上,无异。如:A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘,差之千里。
•as well as 除……之外(也)。如:She knows a little German as well as speaking English well.她英语讲得好,还懂得一点德语。
•as long as 只要。如:As long as I live,the bridge lives.只要我人在,桥就在。
•as far as 据……,就……而言。如:As far as I can see,you’ve done nothing wrong.依我看,你没有做错任何事。
2.注意以下比较级短语的实际含义。
•sooner or later 迟早,早晚有一天。如:If you drive like that, sooner or later you’ll have an accident.你如果那样开车,迟早会出事的。
•much less 更不用说,何况。如:The baby can’t even walk,much less run.这婴儿连走都不会,更不用说跑了。
•none other than(强调出人意料的人或事)竟然,正是。如:His first customer was none other than the President.他的第一位顾客竟然是总统。
•no more than只是,至多,只不过。如:It’s true we were acquainted,but no more than that.我们的确认识,但仅此而已。
•no more / no longer 不再,已不。如:He could stand no more and left.他无法再忍受,便走了。 She could no longer afford to keep him at school.她已无法再供他读书了。
3.请比较下面两