“否定词+比较级”即形容词的比较级用在否定结构中,可以表示“最……不过”、“不比……更”的意思,相当于形容词的最高级的含义。
比如:
There is no uglier face like that.
没有比那更丑陋的相貌了。(意译:那张脸最难看。)
Nothing is more difficult than that.
没有什么比那更难了。(那最难了)
扩展资料:
比较级表示最高级
英语中用比较级句型可以表最高级的含义,较为常见的有下列几种形式:
1、直接使用比较级
① How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice. = She has the best voice I've ever heard. ② I have never read a more interesting novel. = It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.
any other + n.(单)
2、比较级+ than + the other +n.(复)
any of the other + n.(复)
① She goes to school earlier than the other girls. ② He works harder than any other student.
③ China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.
3、比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else ① George did more work than anyone else.
② Tom cared more for money than for anything else.
4、在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" + better than… 等词。 ① I like nothing better than swimming. ② Nobody can do the work better than he did. ③ No other building is as grand as the new hotel.
5、one of + the +adj.最高级 + n.(复) “最 „„的„„之一” eg. Paper-making is one of the greatest inventions of ancient China.
6、the + 序数词 + adj.最高级 + n.(单) + in短语 “第几(长、大、远)„„” eg. The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
7、adj.最高级 可用在选择疑问句中,常用句型:Which/ Who … A, B or C? eg. Which city is the biggest, Beijing, Shanghai or Chongqing?
8、当adj.最高级 前有物主代词、指示代词、名词所有格 修饰时,省掉最高级前的定冠词the。
eg. Linda is my sister’s best friend.
参考资料来源:百度百科-比较级