英语中用比较级句型可以表最高级的含义,较为常见的有下列几种形式:
一、直接使用比较级
any other + n.(单)
1.How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice. = She has the best voice I've ever heard.
2.I have never read a more interesting novel. = It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.
二、比较级+ than + the other +n.(复)
any of the other + n.(复)
1.She goes to school earlier than the other girls. ② He works harder than any other student.
2. China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.
三、比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else
1.George did more work than anyone else.
2.Tom cared more for money than for anything else.
四、在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" + better than… 等词。
1.I like nothing better than swimming.
2.Nobody can do the work better than he did.
3.No other building is as grand as the new hotel.
五、one of + the +adj.最高级 + n.(复) “最 „„的„„之一”
例:Paper-making is one of the greatest inventions of ancient China.
六、the + 序数词 + adj.最高级 + n.(单) + in短语 “第几(长、大、远)„„”
例:The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
七、adj.最高级 可用在选择疑问句中,常用句型:Which/ Who … A, B or C?
例:Which city is the biggest, Beijing, Shanghai or Chongqing?
八、当adj.最高级 前有物主代词、指示代词、名词所有格 修饰时,省掉最高级前的定冠词the。
例:Linda is my sister’s best friend.