程度副词much等9 P, O# p# q* @5 p
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. ) D$ B# a, y; n2 E0 n" H9 ?( ^
She’s not a bit more rational than you were.
2 o/ U4 y( C3 P7 x3 Z; ]/ H0 }! A7 p 注意:much不能加形容词原形代替比较级
# w; i+ B- _# F, D$ F. { 比如想说更有耐心:不能够说much patient, 而应该说more patient; 8 Z: I6 U/ F; G m
同时more也不能替代much修饰比较级,
$ w' P2 }8 }4 j3 w8 z0 N4 I 比如要说低得多:不能说more lower , 而应该说much lower;
`* p0 \. J0 w9 g w" K0 w 例句:She is far better than me at English. ( 在英语方面她比我好的多)
& n" N4 d2 ?! I$ c' w% H 例题:
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6 ^4 g8 o8 N& Q' S. a Watercolors dry more faster than other paints. - T& K# K% i' T5 r. X
应改为:much faster # N/ N4 _5 l, N, j! h3 ]! b& {3 ~
解释:比较级more不能修饰比较级faster, 应改为程度副词much 2 R4 {2 r( T6 s; d% m
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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. 3 n; {4 J. K S6 s% X( p
应改为:more. 1 R/ ^ A+ a% |
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
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$ l) Z: M# v( L; f: L- x, \/ r/ H Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the crust of the Earth, but the nonmetals oxygen and silicon are more still abundant. |