英语中的比较句式建构庞大,复杂多变,往往差之毫厘,谬以千里。它包括比较级,强化式比较,否定式比较,选择式比较,
递增或递减式比较。
比较级(comparative degree)
在比较级中,有超越、相等、差逊三个级别。
1. 超越 (superiority)
(1)better than: 胜过,优于
Doing is
better than
saying.(百说不如一做。)
(2)more than + 从句。多余,超过
She has
talked more than
what is
necessary.(她说了一些多余的话)
(3)“than
+关系代词”的从句。 再 …… 不过。
He is a
scholar than
whom no man
ever will be
more honest.
(他是个再诚实不过的学者了。)
(4)superior to :占优势,比……胜一筹。
He is
superior to
his elder
brother.(他比他哥哥强)
2. 相等 (equality)
(1) as
… as. 如……一样。
As busy as
a bee. ( 忙得不可开交)
(2)
as well as 。
既 …… 又, 和……一样。
Pompey, as well
as Caesar, was a
great man.
(像恺撒一样,庞培也是一位伟人。)
(3)
the same as…. 像……一样。
The same as
the past. (一如从前。)
(4) such/
so…as. 像……一样。
Such a great
poet as Homer
was proficient
not just in literature
but also in history .
(像荷马那样的诗人,不仅要精通文学,还要精通历史。)
(5) no
sooner than.. 一……就(几乎同时,夸张用法)。