2013年职称英语考试句型指导:比较句型(6)
3 g4 L! V# ?, W4 S ... times ...er than ...
. [& u: V8 R4 V# y8 E* H5 w6 C, \ 结构︰倍数词+形容词或副词比较级+than…
2 y) y' u( j+ ~$ a5 i. i 说明︰此句型意为“比…大几倍”。“两倍”是twice,而三倍以上的“倍”,通常用times。
9 s+ `! c. W. U B) ^- s We now know that X-ray waves are 2,000 to 10,000 times shorter than light waves. " L7 L6 J+ }8 E% c
我们现在知道X光波比光波短二千到一万倍。 & g( X" t3 Q" T3 ?
This street is four times shorter than that one. 这条街道比那条短四倍。
9 L& R* L' ^8 z7 j+ o8 ` The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant. $ ?$ E% y1 b- T# z2 L
这只母象比小象重一百倍。
0 a3 ]/ W5 e) J It is ten times louder than another. 它比另外一个的声音大十倍。
* Y9 K3 P/ c$ x5 b7 ^ This street is three times wider than that one. 这条街比那条街宽三倍。
5 \# I$ u& D: ^" F6 V/ H I am twice older than he. 我的年纪比他大两倍。
2 t0 d3 K! B3 A; x not so adj. as adj. ) u9 { v6 x+ g) @' P& `+ C
结构︰not so+形容词/副词+as+形容词/副词
- _8 g/ J5 C* N% S; j' H 说明︰此句型意为“与其说是…倒不如说是…”。相当于“/+rather than+/”。
* I- e' X+ w3 S( Z" d She is not so beautiful as charming. (=She is charming rather than beautiful.) / E# P+ n# a& V/ _$ @( b
与其说她美倒不如说她迷人。
0 x+ f6 J4 L" }0 t He is not so clever as diligent. 与其说他聪明倒不如说他勤奋。 中华考试网6 R7 F1 J7 U/ M' C; B
She is not so kind as simple. 与其说她善良不如说她单纯。
2 }% S I. X* I0 e5 J$ T not so much + N as + N % y" f i$ V/ f4 N- e8 N
结构︰not so much+名词+as+名词
4 A( q! j! v6 n' D) t 说明︰此句型意为“与其说是…倒不如说是…”。相当于“+rather than+”。
6 D& O, y: u: E o6 A. E, e He is not so much a writer as a scholar. 与其说他是作家倒不如说他是学者。 " z: \; @9 K; L4 j( [
He is not so much a genius as a hard worker. 他的努力胜于天份。 , Q) B. \: A& o+ {
The Apollo program was not so much a scientific achievement as a technical accomplishment. 阿波罗计划与其说是一项科学成果,不如说是一项技术成就。 |