用比较级表示最高级
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
①How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice.
= She has the best voice I've ever heard.
②I 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)
①She goes to school earlier than the other girls.
②He works harder than any other student.
③China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.
3、比较级+ than + anything/ anyone else
①George did more work than anyone else.
②Tom cared more for money than for anything else.
4、在比较句型中使用no", "nobody nothing+ better than„等词。 ①I like nothing better than swimming.
②Nobody can do the work better than he did.
③No 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.