第1个回答 2012-12-22
绝大多数形容词有三种形式,原级,比较级和最高级, 以表示形容词说明的性质在程度上的不同。
形容词的原级: 形容词的原级形式就是词典中出现的形容词的原形。 例如:
poor tall great glad bad
形容词的比较级和最高级: 形容词的比较级和最高级形式是在形容词的原级形式的基础上变化的。 分为规则变化和不规则变化。
规则变化如下:
1) 单音节形容词的比较级和最高级形式是在词尾加 -er 和 -est 构成。
great (原级) greater(比较级) greatest(最高级)
2) 以 -e 结尾的单音节形容词的比较级和最高级是在词尾加 -r 和 -st 构成。
wide (原级) wider (比较级) widest (最高级)
3)少数以-y, -er, -ow, -ble结尾的双音节形容词的比较级和最高级是在词尾加 -er 和 -est 构成。
clever(原级) cleverer(比较级) cleverest(最高级)
4) 以 -y 结尾,但 -y 前是辅音字母的形容词的比较级和最高级是把 -y 去掉,加上 -ier 和-est 构成.
happy (原形) happier (比较级) happiest (最高级)
5) 以一个辅音字母结尾其前面的元音字母发短元音的形容词的比较级和最高级是双写该辅音字母然后再加 -er和-est。
big (原级) bigger (比较级) biggest (最高级)
6) 双音节和多音节形容词的比较级和最高级需用more 和 most 加在形容词前面来构成。
beautiful (原级)? difficult (原级)
more beautiful (比较级) more difficult (比较级)
most beautiful (最高级) most difficult (最高级)
常用的不规则变化的形容词的比较级和最高级:
原级 比较级 最高级
good better best
many more most
much more most
bad worse worst
little less least
ill worse worst
far farther(further) farthest(furthest)
形容词前如加 less 和 lest 则表示"较不"和"最不"
important 重要
less important 较不重要
lest important 最不重要
形容词比较级的用法:
形容词的比较级用于两个人或事物的比较,其结构形式如下:
主语+谓语(系动词)+ 形容词比较级+than+ 对比成分。 也就是, 含有形容词比较级的主句+than+从句。注意从句常常省去意义上和主句相同的部分, 而只剩下对比的成分。
Our teacher is taller than we are.
我们老师的个子比我们的高。
It is warmer today than it was yesterday.
今天的天气比昨天暖和。
This picture is more beautiful than that one.
这张照片比那张照片漂亮。
This meeting is less important than that one.
这次会议不如那次会议重要。
The sun is much bigger than the moon.
太阳比月亮大得多。
形容词最高级的用法:
形容词最高级用于两个以上的人和物进行比较, 其结构形式为:
主语+谓语(系动词)+the+形容词最高级+名词+表示范围的短语或从句。
She is the best student in her class.
她是班上最好的学生。
Shanghai is one of the biggest cities in China.
上海是中国最大城市之一。
This is the biggest apple I have ever met.
这是我见到的最大的苹果。
Tom is the tallest boy in his basketball team.
汤姆是他们篮球队中个子最高的孩子。
有关形容词的几个特殊用法:
most 同形容词连用而不用 the,表示 "极,很,非常, 十分"。
It's most dangerous to be here.
在这儿太危险。
I cannot do it, it's most difficult.
我干不了这件事，太难了。
"The+形容词比较级..., the+形容词比较级..."表示 " 越... 就越..."。
The more you study, the more you know.
你学的越多, 就知道的越多。
The more I have, the more I want.
我越有就越想要有。
The more, the better.
越多越好。
" 形容词比较级 + and + 形容词比较级 ", 表示 " 越来越... "。
It's getting hotter and hotter.
天气越来越热了.
It's pity he is getting poorer and poorer.
真可怜他越来越穷了。
The computer is cheaper and cheaper.
计算机越来越便宜。
The more and more people focus on the meeting next year.
越来越多的人关注明年的会议。
主语+谓语(系动词)+as+形容词原形+as+从句。表示两者对比相同。
This box is as big as mine.
这个盒子和我的一样大。
This coat is as cheap as that one.
这件衣服同那件衣服一样便宜。
I study English as hard as my brother.
我同我兄弟一样学习努力。
the + 形容词 表示某种人。
He always helps the poor.
他经常帮助穷人。
I like to have a talk with the young.
我喜欢同年轻人谈话。
The rich sometimes complain their empty life.
富人有时抱怨他们空虚的生活。
The police led the old man across the street.
警察领老人横过马路。
第2个回答 2008-11-07
形容词、副词的比较级的用法既是该类语法的重点也是难点。研读历届高考题不难发现，高考对形容词和副词比较级的用法的考查涉及到了多个方面。为了便于同学们学习，下面笔者就其用法的一些重要结构作一归纳并附以练习，以期同学们对此能熟练掌握。
1.“as+adj/adv+as或not so(as)+adj/adv+as.”句型。该句型常用来描述两个比较对象的程度上的相似或不同(即平时说的“等级比较和不等级比较”)。例如：
My computer is not so(as) expensive as yours.我的电脑不如你的贵重。
2.“as many/few+可数名词复数+as”或“as much/little(少的)+不可数名词+as”。前者描述数目上的接近，后者描述量的相近。例如：
You may borrow as many books as you can.你能借多少书就借多少。
“Drink as much water as you can.”the doctor said to him.医生对他说到：“你要尽可能的多喝些水。”
3.“主语+比较级+than any other…”结构表示：主语所描述的事物比其他任何一个都……比较级形式表示最高级含义。例如：
Li Ming is much cleverer than any other student in their class.李明是他们班中最聪明的学生。
注意：若比较范围不同，than后应用“any+可数名词的复数形式+其他”。例如：
China is larger that any countries in Africa.中国比非洲上的任何国家都大。
4.诸如not,never之类的否定词与形容词或副词的比较级连用，表示最高级含义。意为：再没有比…更…的了。例如：
It is not a better idea.这是再好不过的一个办法了。
I have never heard such an interesting story.我从来没有听过比这更有趣的故事了。
5.“形容词+to”结构也可表示比较含义。例如：
This kind of car is superior in quality to that.这种汽车的质量比那一种好得多(superior to意为：优于；胜过。)
Li ping is three years senior to Liu Gang.李平比刘刚大三岁。(senior to意为：年长于；资格老于；地位高于。)
6.“no+比较级+than”结构表示对两个比较对象都进行否定(可由neither…nor…结构来改写)。例如：
I’m no more foolish than you.我们俩都不傻。(相当于Neither I nor you is foolish.)
7.“not more+比较级+than”结构表示在程度上前者不如后者。例如：
This book is not more interesting than that one.这本书不如那本书有趣。(相当于The book is less interesting than that one.)
8.“形容词比较级+than+形容词”，意为：与其…倒不如…。例如：
Jack is much harder than clever.与其说杰克聪明，倒不如说他学习用功。
9.would rather…than, prefer…to…, prefer to do…rather than…这三个句型表示“宁愿…而不愿…；喜欢…胜过…；宁愿做…而不愿做…”含义。虽无比较级形式，但表示比较级含义。例如：
She would rather die than give in.她宁死不屈。
He preferred to go out rather than stay home.他宁愿出去也不愿呆在家里。
10.“The+比较级…，the+比较级…”。该结构意为“越…，越…”。例如：
The more difficult the questions are, the less likely he is able to answer them.问题越难，他回答出来的可能性就越小。
11.what有时也可以表示“比较”关系，说明两种事物的相同或相似性。what的该种用法常用于书面语，用来加强修辞效果，含有比喻含义，相当于as，意为“好比…；正如…；就像…一样”。what的该类用法共有3种情况：
(1)A is to B what C is to D
Twelve is two what twenty-four is to four.十二比二就等于二十四比四。
(2)what C is to D, A is to B
What food is to the body, a book is to the mind.书籍对于思想犹如食物对于身体。
(3)what C is to D, that A is to B
What the gun is to a soldier, that the pen is to a writer.作家的笔犹如战士的枪。
[巩固练习]请选出符合题意的最佳选项。
1.How beautiful she sings! I have never heard____.(NMET96)
A.the better voice B. a good voice C. the better voice D. a better voice
2.----Wait until we get a satisfactory reply, will you?
-----I couldn’t agree ______.The idea is great to me.(2000年北京、安徽、内蒙古春季高考题)
A.much B. more C. worse D. at all
3.The____you study, the _____you’ll be in it.(MET90)
A.hard; interested B. harder; interesting C. harder; more interested D. hardest; more interested
4.As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you lean,____(2002上海)
A. the more for life are you equipped
B.the more equipped for life you are
C.the more life you are equipped for
D.you are equipped the more for life
5.The patient isn’t out of danger. He is _____ than he was yesterday.(96上海题)
A.no better B. worst C. not worse D. not more
6.Liu Fang studies much better than ____ student in his class.
A.any B. any other C. the other D. other
7.This year the farmers have produced twice __ grain___ they did last year.(NMET95)
A.As less; as B. fewer; than C. as much; as D. as many; as
8.In recent years travel companies have succeeded in selling us the idea that the farther we go, ____(2001上海)
A.our holiday will be better B. our holiday will be better C. the better our holiday will be D. the better will our holiday be
9.---Are you satisfied with his answer?
---Not at all. It couldn’t have been___.
A.Any better B. worse C. as good D. bad
10. Is the novel similar ___ you?
A.for B. at C. as D. to
11. Rather than ___ to see the film he would prefer ____ stayed at home.
A.go; to B. to go C. went; to D. would go
12.---What was his performance like?
---Oh, it couldn’t have been_____(96上海题)
A.much wonderful B. more wonderful C. less wonderful D. the most wonderful
13. John plays football____, if not better than David.(NMET94)
A.as well B. as well as C. so well D. so well as
14. Reading is ____ him is ____to his life.
A.for; what B. as; like C. to; what D. at; as
15. This room is ____ much larger than that one.
A.no B. not a C. no a D. as
KEY:
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.D 11. A 12.B 13.B 14.C 15.A