在通常情况下,英语⽐较级前不⽤冠词,形容词级前⽤定冠词,副词级前可以⽤定冠词,也可以不⽤。如: This homework is all right but you could do it better. 这份家庭作业还算可以,其实你可以做得更好。 That is the best way to prevent such a thing happening again. 这是防⽌这样的事再次发⽣的办法。 The boss praised those who had worked (the) hardest. ⽼板表扬了那些⼯作最努⼒的⼈。 ⼆、⽐较级前冠词使⽤规律
⽐较级前通常不⽤冠词,但有时也⽤,这主要见于以下情形:
1. 当⽐较级后接名词时,⽐较级前可能⽤冠词,此时的冠词不是修饰⽐较级,⽽是修饰其后的名词。如: Which of them is the better choice?—Well, it’s hard to tell. 他们谁是更合适的⼈选?——嗯,这很难说。
Some of the more time-consuming jobs can now be done by machines. 有些更费时间的⼯作现在可以⽤机器做了. 但是,若受⽐较级修饰的名词为表泛指的复数名词或不可数名词,则仍不⽤冠词。如:
He’s got more money than the rest of us (put) together. 他的钱⽐我们⼤家的加在⼀起的总数还多。 Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right. ⽤左⼿写字的⼈⽐⽤右⼿的少。
2. 当要特指两者中“较(更)……”时,⽐较级前通常要带定冠词,此时可视为⽐较级后省略了有关的名词或代词one,即定冠词实为修饰被省略的名词或代词one。如:
Which of the two methods is the better? 这两种⽅法哪⼀种更好?
Of the two possibilities, this is more likely than that. 两个可能性中,后者⽐前者更可能。 3. 在⽐较级前⽤the表⽰程度(通常有表⽰原因、理由或条件的短语或从句)。如: He’s had a holiday and looks the better for it. 他度假之后,⽓⾊好多了。 I love him all the more for his faults. 正因为他这些缺点,所以我越发爱他。 4. ⽤于“the+⽐较级,the+⽐较级”,表⽰“越……越……”。如: The younger you are, the easier it is to learn. 年纪越轻,学习越容易。 The better I know her, the more I admire her. 我对她越了解,我就越爱慕她。 The more money you make, the more you spend. 你挣的钱越多,花的钱也越多。 5. 当by far⽤于修饰⽐较级且置于其前时,⽐较级前要⽤the。如: He is by far the cleverer than her. 他⽐她聪明得多。 It’s quicker by far to go by train. 坐⽕车去要快得多。
注:与⽐较级连⽤,通常要放在⽐较级之后,若放在⽐较级前,则⽐较级通常应带有冠词。如: He is cleverer by far than her. It’s by far the quicker to go by train. 三、级前冠词使⽤规律
1. 在形容词级前通常⽤the。如:
He’s the best teacher even though he has the least experience. 他尽管经验最少,但教得。
2. 当级形容词⽤作表语(尤其是⽤于which后)且不带⽐较范围时,the有时(尤其是⾮正式场合)可以省略。如: This dictionary is (the) best. 这本词典。
Which of the boys is (the) strongest? 这些男孩⼦当中哪个⼒⽓?
但是,当处于表语位置的级带有⽐较范围或带有限定性修饰语时,其前的the通常不能省去。如: This dictionary is the best I could find. 这是我能找到的的词典。 He was the strongest of all the students. 他是所有学⽣中壮的。
3. 当most表⽰“⾮常”时,若其后形容词所修饰的名词为单数可数且表⽰泛指意义,那么其前⽤不定冠词⽽不⽤定冠词。如:
I had a most unpleasant time at the dentist’s. 我在⽛医那⾥受了⼤罪。 She is a most mysterious person. 她是⼀个⾮常神秘的⼈。
4. 当要对同⼀个⼈或事物在不同情况下进⾏对⽐时,处于表语位置的级形容词前不能加the。如: It’s safest to go by bus. 坐公共汽车去最安全。
Vegetables are best when they are fresh. 蔬菜新鲜时吃。 ⽐较:
He’s busiest on Sunday. 他星期天最忙。(他与⾃⼰平时⽐)
He’s the busiest of all the people here. 他是这⼉所有⼈当中最忙的。(他与别⼈⽐)
5. 与形容词的级⼀样,当要对同⼀个⼈或事物在不同情况下进⾏对⽐时,副词级前也不能加the。如: He works hardest when he’s doing something for his family. 他为⾃⼰家做事时最卖⼒。 ⽐较:
Of all the workers, he works (the) hardest. 在所有⼯⼈中,他⼲活最卖⼒。
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