<例句>
He laughs best who laughs last.
誰笑在最后,誰笑得最好。
<語法分析>
副詞well的最高級best用來修飾動詞laugh,副詞最高級前多數(shù)不加定冠詞the。與形容詞一樣,副詞也有比較級和最高級形式。單音節(jié)詞和少數(shù)雙音節(jié)詞可以加詞尾的方法構(gòu)成比較級和最高級,雙音節(jié)詞和多音節(jié)詞大多以加more和most的方法構(gòu)成比較級和最高級,此外,還有一些不規(guī)則的形式。副詞的比較級和最高級除了一般用法外,大多可以用在一些特別的結(jié)構(gòu)中。
<觸類旁通>
(1) Try to do better next time.
下次爭取干好一點。
語法分析:副詞的比較級可以單獨(dú)使用。
(2) She studied the subject further than I do.
這個問題她探究得比我深入。
語法分析:副詞比較級可以和than一起使用。
(3) She reached the destination three days earlier than the others.
她比別人早三田到達(dá)目的地。
語法分析:副詞比較級前有時可以有狀語修飾。
(4) He went farther and farther away.
他越走越遠(yuǎn)。
語法分析:副詞的比較級和最高級可以用在一些特殊的結(jié)構(gòu)或短語中,如more and more,the more...the more,had better,had best等。
(5) You ought to know better than to go out without an overcoat on such a cold day.
你應(yīng)當(dāng)懂得這樣冷的天不穿大衣出去可不行。
語法分析:know better than to do something結(jié)構(gòu)表示懂得不宜做某事。
<鞏固練習(xí)>
(1) He used to be a radical and has thought _____[well]of it.
(2) The more I work,_____ I accomplish.
(3) Of these sports,I like rowing _____.
(4) She knows all this as _____[well] as I do.
(5) He works a lot _____[hard]than before.
(6) I go to Shanghai _____[frequently]than she does.
<參考答案>
(1) better (2) the more (3) most (4) well (5) harder (6) more frequently