考研英语语法之比较结构.doc

比较结构 一、同级比较 as…as, the same…as 与…一样 She has written as many essays as her brother (has). no more… than或 not…any more than 和…一样不 The heart is no more intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. A is to B what/as C is to D 和…一样 Air is to us as/what water is to fish. Mr. McWhorter’s academic specialty is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English. 麦克沃特先生在学术上专攻语言史和语言变化。例如：他把“whom”的逐渐消失看成是自然而然的过程，与古英语中词格尾缀的消失一样毫不可惜。 补充： no more…than这一句型有变体形式not…any more than，是考研英语中出现比较频繁的句型。功能上看，这一句型表示的是两个事物之间的类比关系，即用than后面的事物来作比，阐明前面所要表达的观点。意思上讲，这个结构表示：和…一样不。注意：than后面的句子为肯定形式，但要译成否定意义。 But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. 但是，他的首要任务并不是考虑支配自己行动的道德，就如同不能指望商人专注于探讨行业行为规范一样。 二、the more…the more句型比较 As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access – after all, the more people online, the more potential customers there are. +more 十分、非常 I can’t agree with you more. There are few things I regret more. no+名词+ more…than 没有什么比…更、 莫过于 No tool is more powerful for understanding the natural world than the scientific method. more…than+ anyone/ anything else 比其他任何…都…、最…、没有比…更… He did more work this morning than anyone else. nothing as…as/ nothing like 最、没有比…更… Nothing in the present-day world is so popular as Internet. the only+名词 最好的、独一无二的 He is the only man for this study. 四、表示“倍数”比较的三种句型 倍数+as+形容词或副词+as An ordinary subway train, approaching the station, can be twice as loud as the loudest jet. 倍数+名词+of The bridge is three times the length of that one. 倍数+比较级+than This hole is three times deeper than that one. There are about 105 males born for every 100 females, but this ratio drops to near balance at t