四、形容词和副词比较级的用法

　　1、比较级常与than引导的状语从句连用，表示与什么相比。

　　This room is bigger than any other one in the hotel.

　　为了避免重复，从句常用一些代词。

　　比较必须是两个相同的成分。

　　Everyday he arrives earlier than anyone else in the company.

　　Small oranges are usually sweeter than big ones.

　　It is better to be prepared than unprepared.

　　This is easier said than done.

　　She is taller than I(me).

　　I meet with more difficulties than she does.

　　The girls in my class are more active than those in his class.

　　1、有than 就要考虑比较级。

　　2、比较的成分要完全一致。

　　2、"比较级+and+比较级"，表示"越来越…"。

　　My father walked faster and faster until I could no longer keep up with him .

　　keep up with \跟上，赶上

　　no longer=not any longer

　　My father walked faster and faster until I couldn't keep up with him any longer. (not 用来否定动词)

　　Our country is getting stronger and stronger.

　　Things are getting better and better every day.

　　I'm getting more and more interested in arts.

　　get interested in 对……感兴趣

　　3."the +比较级…，the+比较级"，表示"越是…就越…"。

　　The more haste, the less speed. 欲速则不达。

　　The harder she works, the more progress she makes.

　　make progress 取得进步

　　The more I study it, the more I like it.

　　Actually, the busier he is, the happier he feels.

　　The more preparation you do now, the less nervous you'll be before the exam.

　　The sooner you start, the faster you'll be finished.

　　五、形容词和副词最高级的用法

　　最高级的前面通常要加定冠词，副词最高级前面的定冠词可以省略。最高级在使用时通常有一个短语或从句表示比较的范围。

　　Of all the places I've visited, I like Hangzhou best.

　　This is the worst movie I've ever seen.

　　Beijing is one of the largest cities in the world.

　　For me, Tuesday is one of the busiest day in the week.

　　Among all the students, he runs (the) fastest.

　　比较级前面有时也加the ，表示两者之间"较…的一个"。

　　Both of the two girls are beautiful, but I think the tall one is more beautiful of the two.

　　The five-year-old boy chose the more expensive of the two toys.

　　六、"as+原级+as"，"not as / so +原级+as"

　　"as+原级+as"，表示"和…一样…"， "not as / so +原级+as"表示"不及…"。

　　He is as good a swimmer as any of us.

　　注意 good 的位置

　　He's as tall as I.

　　It is not as hot in Beijing as in Wuhan.

　　He does not smoke so heavily as his father.

　　French is just as difficult a language as English.

　　She is as good a cook as her mother.

　　I have never seen so beautiful a place as Hangzhou.

　　never 否定含义

　　类似的还有：hardly, little, few

　　"as+原级+as one can"和"as +原级+as possible"表示"尽可能地…"。

　　Come as soon as possible.

　　There is nothing we can do but wait as calmly as we can.

　　there is nothing…but… , but后一定跟动词原形

　　"as+原级+as"可以用来表示倍数。

　　My new coat cost me four times as much as the old one.

　　先说倍数，然后在as+原级+as

　　cost 花费，主语是物。spend, 主语是人。

　　It takes sb. some time to do sth.

　　spend in doing sth.

　　spend on sth.

　　This room is twice as large as that one.

　　This room is twice larger than that one.