1 .表示比較的狀語從句:這類從句都由than 或as 引起:
She likes Danny better than she likes me .
她喜歡丹妮勝過喜歡我。
He can run faster than I do .
他跑得比我快。
It is not so difficult as you think .
它沒有你想的那么困難。
She is not so energetic ass she used to be .
她不像過去那樣充滿活力了。
有時許多詞省略,只剩下一個詞:
She is four years younger than me .
她比我小四歲。
It made him queerer than ever .
這使他變得比過去更古怪。
She was as much interested in music as ever.
她還是和過去一樣對音樂有興趣。
She is as clever as ( she is )beautiful.
她聰明又美麗。
2 .方式狀語從句:這類從句多由as , as if , as though , like 等引起:
He was allowed to do as he liked.
他們允許他愛怎么干就怎么干。
It swims on the sea floor just as its ancestors did.
在海底游動,就像的祖輩那樣。
I like the freedom to plan my day exactly as I want.
我喜歡有自由完全按照我自己的意愿安排一天的活動。
She treats him as if he was her own son .
她把他像親兒子一般對待。
He looked like he had seen a ghost .
他看起來就像見到鬼了似的。
You talk just like your father does .
你講起話來就像你爸爸。
I was never allowed to sing the way I wanted to.
他們從來不容許我按我自己的想法演唱。
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練習及答案:
練習一:將下面的英語句子翻譯成中文:
1. The dog was even cleverer than they had thought.
那條狗比他們想象的更聰明
2. It is only 5O percent larger than Our Moon ?
它只比我們的月亮大百分之五十。
3. That's easier said than done.
這說起來容易做起來難。
4. They arrived earlier than usual.
他們來得比平時更早。
5. It is even colder than yesterday.
今天比昨天還要冷。
6. You know as much about that as I do.
對此你知道得和我一樣多。
8. I haven't done as much as I should have liked.
我沒做得我意想的那么好。
練習二:在下面的狀語從句下畫線
1. Will you wait for me in Wuhan as we arranged ?
as we arranged ?
2. I have changed it as you suggest.
as you suggest.
3. Robbie didn't feel as she did.
as she did.
4. I am as you can imagine short of money.
as you can imagine
5. I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.
as if it happened yesterday
6. He paused as though he found a difficulty.
as though he found a difficulty
9. She paused as if expecting Lanny to speak.
as if expecting Lanny to speak