五、与比较级有关的特殊词用法
1. no more than …表示"只不过"，"并不比…"(等于not any more than)
Man cannot live without food any more than plants can grow without sunshine.
人没有食物不能生存，植物没有阳光也不能生长。
There is no difficulty with this task any more than with that one.
这项任务没有困难，那项任务也没有困难。
2. no less than 表示"不亚于"
There are no less than five hundred people present at the New Year party.
出席新年晚会的有五百人之多。(出席的人较多)
3. not less than 表示"不少于"
There are not less than five hundred people present at the New Year party.
出席新年晚会的只有五百人。(出席的人较不多)
4. more often than not 表示"多数情况下"
On Friday mornings, he comes late more often than not.
多数情况下，他星期五来得晚。
5. all the more 因而更加
We really admired him all the more for his frankness. 我们更加钦佩他的坦率。
6. (be) better off 较富裕，环境较好
7. had better 最好……
Come, you had much better have the thing out at once. 来，你最好把这东西弄出去。
8. less than 不到
The first steam locomotive could have a top speed of only thirteen mph(miles per hour) and the great sailing ships of the time labored along at less than half that speed.第一列蒸汽火车最快每小时只有13英里，那时的大船还不到这个速度的一半。
9. little more than 差不多
The grain in their barn is little more than that of ours.
他们仓的粮食跟我们仓的粮食差不多。
10. more than 超过，不止
I have waited for your for more than two hours. 我等了你两个多小时。
11. more or less 大体上，或多或少
The work is more or less finished. 工作大体算完成了。
Most of them came here to near money; more or less Mr. Wang worked for his cause.他们大都来挣钱的，但王先生有点像为事业而工作。
12. other than 除了
They imposed no pre conditions other than that the meeting should be held in their capital. 除了会议要在他们的首都开之外，他们没有提出任何先决条件。
13. rather than 而不是，与其…宁愿(rather than表示"与其…宁愿"时，如果位于句首引导句子，有虚拟的成分，相当于"… would rather than，"所以rather than后面跟动词原形)
Read what interests you; Read what you have time for magazines and newspapers rather than novels.
读你感兴趣的东西，读你有时间读的东西，如杂志和报纸而不是小说。
Rather than allow the potatoes to go bad, she sold them at half price.
她以半价把土豆给卖了，而没有让它们烂掉。
Rather than cause trouble, he left.
为了不惹事，他还是走了。
14. so much the better 就更好了
If she will help us, so much the better.
如果他能帮我们，那就更好了。
15. so much the worse 就更糟了
So much the worse for you if you still are absent from class.
如果你继续逃课的话，就对你更不利了。
16. the more…the more(less)"越是……，就越……"
六、比较中的省略
1. 在as…as中，as从句可省略整个谓语部分，保留主语
She sings as well as her sister. 她跟她的姐姐唱得一样好(省去了does)。
2. 可以省去谓语部分，保留主语和be、have等助动词
Susan has done as much housework as you have. (省去了done。)
3. 可以省去主语和谓语，只剩下状语
It is not as cold in Beijing as in Datong. 北京的天气没有大同冷。
4. than从句也可以省去整个谓语部分，保留主语
They say that blood is thicker than water, that our relatives are more important to us than others. 他们说血浓于水，亲属对我们来说比其他人更重要。
5. than从句省去部分谓语，保留主语和be, have或助动词
The white collar workers earn more than the blue workers do.
白领工人比蓝领工人挣得多。
这时 我们可以进行倒装，即将than后从句中的be, have或助动词移到该从句的前边
After all, big changes are relatively easier to make than are small ones.
相对来说，大变动比小变动毕竟容易些。
6. than从句可以省去主语和部分谓语，保留宾语
Grandma gives more candies to her grandson than her granddaughter. 奶奶给孙子的糖比给孙女的多。(省去了she gives candies to)
7. than从句可以省去主语和谓语，保留状语
There are more books in this library than in that library. 这个图书馆的书比那个多。(省去了there are many books)
She is much better than yesterday. 她比昨天好多了。(省去了she was)
Signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem much more numerous in recent years than in the past. 近些年来在学校、商业和政府中欺诈的迹象比以前更多。
8. than从句可以省去主语，保留谓语部分
His speed of doing the work was much faster than had expected. 他干此事的速度远比想象的快。(省去了he或we)
9. 有时可以省去整个than从句
He is much healthier and happier. 她比以往任何时候都健康幸福。(省去了than he was ever before)
10. 为了避免重复，我们经常用that代替不可数名词, those代替复数名词,one代替可数名词单数
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