副词的比较级和最高级形式.doc

副词的比较级和最高级形式1） 副词和形容词一样，也有比较级和最高级形式但单音节词和少数双音节词可以加词尾的方法构成比较级和最高级（a），双音节词和多音节词大多以加more和most的方法构成比较级和最高级（b）：   原级                       比较级                        最高级a. hard                        harder                         hardest   fast                        faster                         fastest   late                         later                          latest   early                       earlier                        earliestb. quickly                    more quickly                   most quickly   strongly                   more strongly                  most strongly   carefully                  more carefully                 most carefully   efficiently                more efficiently               most efficiently副词的比较级和最高级也有不规则的形式：原级                         比较级                       最高级well                          better                        bestbadly                        worse                         worstlittle                      less                          leastmuch                         more                          mostfar                          farther, further              farthest, furthest副词比较级的用法回目录1） 单独使用：Try to do better next time. 下次争取干好一点。

I had seen the film only a few days earlier. 我是几天前才看的这部电影He’ll come back sooner or later. 他迟早会回来的Please speak more slowly. 请讲慢一点I determined not to travel farther that night. 我决定那天晚上不再往前走了Let’s talk more another time. 改天我们再多聊聊Can’t you stay longer? 你不能再多呆一会吗？She did not argue further about it. 她没进一步争论此事He should speak less and listen more. 他应当少说多听She was determined to work harder in future. 她决心以后更用功一些2） 和than一起使用：She swims better than I. 他游泳游得比我好He works less than he used to. 他工作的时间比过去少了Gray loathed him more than ever. 格雷比过去更讨厌他了。

He arrived earlier than usual. 他到得比平时早I go there more frequently than she does. 我去那里比她勤Perhaps they like you better than me. 或许他们喜欢你胜过喜欢我He studied the subject further than I do. 这问题他研究得比我深入3） 比较级前有时可有状语修饰：You must work much faster. 你必须大大加快干活的速度He walked no further. 他没再往前走She could dance even more gracefully than a dancer. 她能比舞蹈演员跳得还美Helen came late, but her sister came still later. 海伦来晚了，而她妹妹来得更晚They walked three miles farther (on). 他们往前又走了三英里China is a little further south than the U.S. 中国比美国稍微靠南一点。

We reached the destination two days earlier than the others. 我们比别人早两天到达目的地He works a lot harder than before. 她工作比过去努力多了You speak English far more fluently than the others. 你讲英语比其他人流利得多Can you come over a bit more quickly? 你能稍稍快一点来吗？as…as和not so…as结构回目录这两个结构也可结合副词使用：1） as…as可用在肯定句中，表示“像…一样”，后面的副词要用原级：She can run as fast as a deer. 她能跑得像鹿一样快You can stay here as long as you want. 在那儿你爱待多久都行I hate him as much as you do. 我像你一样恨他You know all this as well as I do. 这一切你和我一样了解I’ll be round as quickly as I can. 我将尽快过来。

She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. 她唱歌像夜莺一样甜美She loved me as much as her own child. 她待我像亲生孩子2） 在否定句中，as…as和so…as都可以用：I don’t go there as much as I used to. 我现在到那里不像过去那么多了I didn’t do as (so) well as I should. 我做得不如我应做的那么好I don’t think he can speak English as well as an Englishman. 我认为他英文讲得没有英国人好I can’t jump so (as) high as Bill. 我跳高不如比尔I don’t like it so (as) well as your brother works. 我喜欢它不及你的其他作品He doesn’t snore so (as) loudly as you do. 他打呼噜没你厉害3） 这种句子中也可以有一个表示程度的状语：I don’t speak half as (so) well as you. 我讲得不及你一半好。

She can read twice as fast as he does. 她的阅读速度比他快一倍The substance reacts three times as fast as the other one. 这种物质的反应速度是另一种物质的三倍副词最高级的用法回目录副词最高级可修饰动词，前面多数不带定冠词the：I shall give a price to the pupil who reads best. 我将给朗读最好的学生发一份奖品He laughs best who laughs last. （谚）谁笑在最后谁笑得最好Of the four of us, I sang (the) worst. 我们四人中我唱得最差Of these sports, I like rowing most. 这些运动中我最喜欢划船Of all your CDs, I like that one least. 你所有的激光唱盘中，我最不喜欢那一张He went (the) farthest of the explorers. 这些探险家中他走得最远He likes painting best of all. 他最喜欢绘画。

Who arrived (the) earliest of all? 谁到得最早？During the famine, the poor people suffered (the) most. 在饥荒期间，穷人受苦最深The burden fell most heavily on these people. 这些人的负担最沉重She behaved most generously. 她表现得最大方副词比较级和最高级的一些特殊用法回目录副词比较级和最高级还可用在一些特别结构或短语中：1） more and more 越来越…：It rained more and more heavily. 雨下得越来越大了Indeed, she liked him more and more. 的确她越来越喜欢他了Now we see it more and more clearly. 现在我们对这看得越来越清楚了He played the piano better and better. 他钢琴弹得越来越好了She went farther and farther away. 她越走越远了Easter is drawing nearer and nearer. 复活节越来越近了。

2） the more…the more越…，越…：The more I work, the more I accomplish. 我干得越多，完成得就越多The more I thought, the more extraordinary did it appear. 我越想，这事就越显得离奇The better I knew, the more I liked him. 我对他说了解越深就越喜欢他The more we are together, the merrier we will be. 我们越多在一起就越高兴3） had better最好：We’d better not disturb him. 我们最好不要打扰他What had we better do? 我们最好怎么办？I think I’d better be going. 我想我最好还是走。