比较结构的同义转换

　　1. not as/ so……as与less……than的转换

　　The place was not as/ so crowded as it usually is yesterday.

　　The place was less crowded than it usually is yesterday.

　　2. more……than与less……than， not as/ so…as的转换

　　Your picture is more beautiful than his.

　　=His picture is less beautiful than yours.=His picture isn‘t as/ so beautiful as yours.

　　3.高级与more……than， no……more than的转换

　　Math is the most difficult subject of all.

　　=Math is more difficult than any other subject.=No subject is more difficult than math.

　　比较级和高级的修饰语

　　1. 比较级的修饰语

　　Much（……得多），far（……得多），even（甚至，更），still(更)，a bit（有点），a little（有点），a lot（很）， a great deal(大大地)， twice(两倍)， five times(五倍)， two-fifths(五分之二)， a half(一半)等修饰比较级表示程度，但决不可用very修饰。

　　e.g. Tom is a little taller than Mike.

　　It is even colder today than yesterday.

　　2. 高级的修饰语

　　By far/ far and away  ，很、much ……得多、almost 几乎、nearly 几乎

　　The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.  黄河是中国第二长河。

　　This is (by) far the best book that I’ve ever read.  这是我读过的好的书。

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