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 Course 3 > Grammar > Part of Speeck > Adjective > Countable and Uncountable       │TextExercises
 
    
  1.形容词比较级和最高级的构成规则有两种:一是由原级加词尾er和est,二是在原级前加more和most。不规则形式最常见的如下:

原级   比较级   最高级
原级   比较级  最高级

good
well

better
best
bad
ill
worse
worst
many
much
more
most
few
fewer
less
fewest
little
less
least
old
older
elder
oldest
eldest
late
later
latter
latest
last
far
farther
further
farthest
furthest

  有些形容词有两种比较级和最高级形式,其意义和用法有一定的区别。
  a. 在口语中,less 可作为 few 的比较级,修饰复数可数名词,如:
    I've made less mistakes than last time.

  b. older 和oldest说明人的年纪或事物年代的年长或久远,elder和eldest 说明家庭成员的长幼关系,如:
    My elder son is two years older than you.

  c. later 和latest表示时间,而latter 和last 表示顺序,如:
    I shall be back by two o'clock at the latest.
    He was the last one to come.

  d. 表示方式、距离时,farther, farthest与further, furthest可通用,但further 还有"进一步的"等意思,不是far 的比较级,如:
    Don't make any changes till further notice.

  2. 形容词级的用法
   a. 同级比较用"as + adj. + as "及"not as/so + adj. +as"的句型,如:
    This stick is as (not as/so) long as that one.

   b. 比较级是指两者间的比较,用"形容词的比较级+than"句型,如:
    Two heads are better than one.

  比较级前可有表示程度的词或短语修饰,如:much, still,(by)far, ever, a bit, a little, a lot, twice,threetimes,somewhat等,如:
   He is much taller than Mary.

  比较级常用"the+比较级+the+比较级"(越…就越…)和"比较级+ and +比较级"(越来越…)等结构, 如:
   The longer (is) the wire, the larger (is) the resistance. (导线愈长,电阻愈大。)
   Our life is getting better and better.

  借自拉丁语的一些形容词,如:superior, inferior, senior, junior等,表示比较时用介词to,不用than,如:
   John is superior to Tom in ability.

  3.最高级是指三者或三者以上进行比较,其后往往有一个由介词of, among, in等构成的短语或有一个从句表示范围,如:
    She is the tallest girl in the class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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