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程度副词much, still, far, a little, a bit 的特殊之处在于:可用来修饰比较级,表示加强或减弱程度。 如: I’m much clearer about the situation now.
9 }' b! {# P; W+ w9 X ]/ V She’s not a bit more rational than you were.
. O# ?0 \+ E) o9 ` 注意:much不能加形容词原形代替比较级
( w* |+ f& H/ j( ~ 比如想说更有耐心:不能够说much patient, 而应该说more patient; ) g2 _; d" H7 T
同时more也不能替代much修饰比较级, 8 o& Z: F- H; o. \. _
比如要说低得多:不能说more lower , 而应该说much lower;
* j6 v l; F7 d4 w 例句:She is far better than me at English. ( 在英语方面她比我好的多) * B" z' a$ ~5 V N. [/ c5 O9 I9 B* _
例题:
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( W, u X/ F/ I Watercolors dry more faster than other paints.
+ I4 X2 K4 y+ [! m$ @' I 应改为:much faster
Q5 ^& I6 h, t% j 解释:比较级more不能修饰比较级faster, 应改为程度副词much
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Reptiles are widely distributed all over the world, but are much abundant in warm regions and are virtually absent beyond the treeline in the Arctic. 1 b9 y: e$ k. o
应改为:more.
5 z. h/ A3 C) p& L& s 解释:much作为形容词不能修饰另一个形容词, 而作副词时只能修饰形容词比较级, 如much better, much more expensive, 依句意是要将爬行动物在温带地区和寒带地区的分布加以对比, 因此改为比较级more abundant 5 ~/ U3 I. k# A( X' R! E- P
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Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the crust of the Earth, but the nonmetals oxygen and silicon are more still abundant. |