英语中含有more八条常考短语
英语中含有more八条常考短语 英语中有不少短语都含有比较级,如more, less, better, worse等,但比较而言,最重要的(同时也是最常 考的)当数more。本文为同学们归纳初中范围内含有more 的八条重要短语,希望对大家正确理解和掌握其用法有所帮 助。 一、more and more 1. 表示“越来越多的“,用于修饰名词。如: More and more money was spent on it. 在这上面花 的钱越来越多。 More and more people began to move to the city. 越 来越多的人向城市搬迁。 2. 表示“越来越……”,用于修饰形容词、副词、动 词、介词短语等。如: It? M s becoming more and more difficult to find a job.找工作越来越困难了。 We? M re going more and more slowly. 我们越走越 慢了。 I worry more and more every day. 我一天比一天更 加担心。 She? M s growing to be more and more like her mother. 她长得越来越像她妈妈。 注:有时用的可能是普通的比较级形式。如: The weather is getting colder and colder. 天气越 来越冷了。 Debbie is growing fast. She? M s getting taller and taller.黛比长得很快,她个子越来越高。 二、more or less 1. 表示“或多或少” “在一定程度上” “大体上”。 如: The job? M s more or less finished.这项工作差不 多完成了。 I? 痍 ve more or less finished reading the book. 我 差不多把这本书看完了。 2. 表示“大约““左右“。如: The repairs will cost $50, more or less. 修理费 大约要50美元。 It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling. 粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。 3. 表示“一点也不“,用于否定句。如: I don? M t like it, more or less. 我一点也不喜 欢。 I didn? M t understand it, more or less. 我一点 也不懂。 三、more than 1. 表示“多于“,通常后接数词。如: I? 痍 ve known him for more than twenty years. 我 已认识他20多年了。 There were not more than a hundred people at the rally.大概不到100人参加了集会。 2. 表示“不只是” “不仅仅是”,通常后接名词、动 词、从句等。如: He is more than a brother to me.他待我胜过兄长。 His report is more than a survey. 他的报告不只是 一份调查。 The result was much more than I imagined. 结果远 远超过我的想象。 3. 表示“极其” “非常”,通常后接形容词、副词或 分词等。如: She was more than kind to us.她对我们很友好。 I ? M m more than happy to take you there in my car. 我非常愿意用汽车把你送去。 4. 表示“难以““完全不能“,其后通常连用情态动 词can。如: That is more than I can tell (=1 can? 痍 t tell that). 那事我实在不明白。 四、more. . . than 1. 表示“比……多““比……更“O如: Playing the violin is more difficult than the piano. 拉小提琴比弹钢琴更为困难。 John drove much more carefully than Tim did. 约 翰开车比吉姆小心得多。 注:more有时不用于构成比较级,而是本身就是比较级, 此时其后可能接可数或不可数名词。如: His car cost much more money than mine. 他的小汽 车所花的钱比我的多得多。 There are many more people than we expected. 比 我们想象的人要多得多。 2. 表示“与其……不如“。此时主要用于表示同一个 人或物在两个不同性质或特征等方面的比较(比较级必须用 more,不能用加词尾-er的形式)。如: He is more lucky than clever.与其说他聪明,不如 说他幸运。 It is even more a poem than a picture. 与 其说它 是一幅画,倒不如说它是一首诗。 五、no more 1. 表示“也不“o如: A: I cannot understand this at all.我根本不懂这 个。 B: No more can I.我也不懂。 2. 表示“不能再多”“没有更多的”,指数量或程度。 如: I can eat no more.我不能再吃了。 I have no more to say.我再没有什么要说的了。 3. 表示“不再“,指时间。如: I? M 11 go there no more.我将再也不去那里了。 六、no more than 主要用于强调数量之少或程度之低,其意为“仅 仅” “只有““只不过“O如: I have no more than five yuan in my pocket. 我口 袋里的钱只不过五元。 This test takes no more than thirty minutes. 这 个测验需时不超过30分钟。 七、no more. . . than 用于两者比较,并且否定两者,其意为“不……也 不““同……一样不“O如: She? M s no more a great singer than I am. 我不 是优秀歌手,她也不是。 Tom is no more rich than Jack is. 杰克不是有钱人, 汤姆也不是。 八、what? M s more 用于引出更重要的信息,其意为“更重要的““更有甚 者““而且“O如: He? M s dirty, and what?痍 s more he smells. 他 很脏,身上还有味儿呢。 They are going to get married, and what