形容词的比较级和最高级(bigger, biggest, more interesting)
形容词的比较级和最高级
比较级的形容词
比较级形容词将一个人或一件事与另一个人或一件事进行比较，使我们能够说出一个人或一件事是否具有某种特定的品质:
Josh is taller than his sister.
I’m more interested in music than sport.
Big cars that use a lot of petrol are less popular now than twenty years ago.
最高级的形容词
最高级形容词用来形容一个人或一件事比一群人或一件事有更多的品质:
The ‘Silver Arrow’ will be the fastest train in the world when it is built.
The most frightening film I’ve ever seen was Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’.
What is the least expensive way of travelling in Japan?
是比较级还是最高级?
比较级将一个人或一件事与另一个人或一件事进行比较。最高级将某人或某物与其所属的整个群体进行比较:
Joe’s older than Mike. (comparing one person with another)
Sheila is the youngest girl in the family. (comparing one person with the whole group she belongs to)
当一组中只有两个成员时，传统上我们使用比较级。然而，在非正式场合，人们经常使用最高级:
Who is younger, Rowan or Tony? (traditional usage)
Jan and Barbara are both tall, but Jan’s the tallest. (more informal)
比较级和最高级的形式单音节的形容词 (big, cold, hot, long, nice, old, tall)要形成比较级，我们在单音节形容词后面加-er后缀:
It’s colder today than yesterday.
It was a longer holiday than the one we had last year.
Sasha is older than Mark.
为了形成最高级，我们在单音节的形容词后面加上-est后缀。我们通常在最高级形容词前使用the:
I think that’s the biggest apple I’ve ever seen!
At one time, the Empire State building in New York was the tallest building in the world.
They have three boys. Richard is the oldest and Simon is the youngest.
单音节形容词的比较级和最高级的拼写形容词类型 | 比较级 | 最高级 |
一般 | 加er: cheaper, richer, smaller, younger | 加 -est: cheapest, richest, smallest, youngest |
以e结尾 | 加 -r: finer, nicer, rarer | 加 -st: finest, nicest, rarest |
以闭音节结尾的形容词 | 双写辅音加-er: bigger, hotter, thinner | double the final consonant and add -est: biggest, hottest, thinnest |
注意下列比较级和最高级的发音:
- long /lɒŋ/ longer /lɒŋgə(r)/ longest /lɒŋgəst/
- strong /strɒŋ/ stronger /strɒŋgə(r)/ strongest /strɒŋgəst/
- young /jʌŋ/ younger /jʌŋgə(r)/ youngest /jʌŋgəst/
一些单音节形容词有不规则的比较级和最高级形式:
- bad, worse, worst far, farther/further, farthest/furthest
- good, better, best old, older/elder, oldest/eldest
The morning flight is better than the afternoon one.
His elder sister works for the government.
Olivia is Denise’s best friend.
I think that was the worst film I’ve ever seen!
Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun in our solar system.
Warning:
我们不会将more or most 放在以-er 或 -est 的比较级和最高级的前面。
They emigrate because they are looking for a better life.
Not: … a more better life
The beach at Marmaris is one of the biggest in Turkey.
Not: … the most biggest …
