我们知道,形容词以“辅音字母 y”结尾,它的比较级和最高级形式一般是把y变成i再加er/est。例如:
busy-busier-busiest, heavy-heavier-heaviest
easy-easier-easiest, happy-happier-happiest
dry-drier-driest
但是,shy(腼腆的,害羞的)这个词是个例外,
shy-shyer-shyest.
Girls are shyer than guys.姑娘们比小伙子们腼腆。
注意下面这选择题:
--Joah is quite unfriendly.
--I think she's_____than unfriendly.
A.shyer B.shier C.more shy D.more shy rather
正确答案:C.(这里more....than....是“与其说....不如....”的意思,连接两个相同的性质的词或短语。所以本空处必须选择与“unfriendly”相同性质的“shy”)