形容词知识大全
首都医科大学地址-南海诸岛
六 形容词的比较级和最高级
１。形容词等级的构成形式
（１）规则变化
单音节词和少数双音节词，加词尾-er, -est来构成比较级和最高级。
构成法 原级
比较级
taller
greater
nicer
larger
abler
bigger
hotter
最高级
tallest
greatest
nicest
largest
ablest
biggest
hottest
一般单音节词末尾加tall(高的)
-er,-est
great(巨大的)
以不发音的e结尾的单并nice(好的)
且时节和少数以－le结large(大的)
尾的双音节词只加-r,-st.
able(有能力的)
以一个辅音字母结尾闭big(容易的)
音节词，双写结尾的辅音hot（热的）
字母，再加-er, -est
“辅音字母＋y”结尾的easy(容易的)busy忙的
双音节词，改y为i，再
加-er, -est
easier
busier
easiest
busiest
少数以-er,
-ow结尾的双clever(聪明的)narrow（窄的）
cleverer
音节末尾加-er, -est
narrower
cleverest
narrowest
其他双音节词和多音节词，在前面加more,
most来构成比较级和最高级。
原级
important(重要的)
beautiful(漂亮的)
（２）不规则变化
原级
good(好的)
well(健康的)
bad(坏的)
ill(有病的)
worse worst
比较级
better
最高级
best
比较级
more important
more beautiful
最高级
most important
most beautiful
old（老的）
older
elder
oldest
eldest
most many
much（多的）
little(少的)
far(远的)
more
less
farther
further
least
farthest
furthest
2.形容词比较级的用法
（１）形
容词的比较级是用来把彼此独立的事和人进行比较，表示“比。。。更。。
一些”的意思，通常用一个由
从属连词than引导的状语从句来表示和什么相比，
为了避免重复，从句中有些成分可以省略。
Tom is taller than I. 汤姆个子比我高。
Shanghai is
larger than any other city in China.
上海比中国其他任何城市都大。
Xiao Hu is more outgoing
than her sister.小胡比她的姐姐的更开朗。
注意：有时状语从句可以省略。
If the hurricane had happened during the day-
time, there would have been more
deaths.如果飓风发生在白天，死亡人数会更多。
（２）有时比较级前可以用many, much, far, even, a little,
still, yet ,a bit ,a
lot ,completely等表示程度的状语。
An even bigger earthquake will hit the area
around San Francisco.
旧金山周围地区还会发生更大的地震
It
is a far ,far better thing that I do, than I have
ever done; It is a far ,far better rest that
I
go to than I have ever know.我所做的，是我做过的最好、最最好的事情；我所
得
到的，是我所知道的最安详、最最安详的休息。
If the peasants
could farm the land themselves, food production
would be much higher.
如果农民能为自己种地，粮食产量就会高得多。
It is much cheaper to post or email a long
report than to fax it.
通过邮寄或电子函件的方式
发一个长篇的报告比用传真便宜得多.
注:many more与much more
1
many more只能修饰可数名词复数形式,如many more
workers还有很多工人 ○
2
much
more既可修饰不可数名词,也可构成比较级.如:much more money
还有很○
多,much more important更重要
(3)如果我们要说两个东西
在某一方面是一样的,我们就可以用”as+形容词+as”结
构,形容词不用比较级而用原级.
This lamp made the room as light as
day.这盏灯使这间房间明亮如白昼.
Jimmy is a as tall as his
father
吉米跟他爸爸一样高.
(4)在作否定的比较时,可以用not
as…..as.也可用no so…as…等,在现代英语中,两
者都可使用.
She
is not asso nice as her sister.她不如她姐姐好.
My
handwriting is not as so good as his.
我的书法不如他好.
在这一结构中,有时也可以用just , almost
,nearly, half等表示程序的状语.
The room is twice as
large as that one.
这个房间是那个房间的两倍大.
Our
classroom is three times larger than
yours.我们的教室比你们的教室大3倍.
注:”as…as…”结构和”the
same…as”结构一样.
In area Australia is about the
same size as the3 USA(without Alaska),which has
more
than thirteen times as many people.从面积上讲,
澳大利亚大体上相当于美国(阿拉
斯加除外),而美国的人口却是澳大利亚的13倍还多。
（5）形容词比较级的特殊情况
1
“too+原级”和“原级+for短语”也可以表示比较级。 ○
The
coat is a bit too small for me.这件上衣太小了，我穿不合适。
He is brave for his age.就他那样的年龄来说，他是勇敢的。
2
用superior, inferior, senior, junior,
prior, major, minor等表示比较级。 ○
He is three years
senior to me.他比我大三岁。
This computer is
superior in many respects to that
。这台计算机在很多方面比那台
要好。
3
英语里的比较级有时并无具体的比较含义，这种比较级叫绝对比较级，例如：○
younger generation年轻一代
higher
education高等教育
senior citizens老年人
superior
quality优质
4
形容词（或副词）比较级的其他固定用法： ○
a.表示“两
者人物之间，比较。。。的”，用“the+比较级，the+比较级+n.+of+the+
名词或代
词”结构。
Bob is the taller boy of the two
boys.鲍勃是两个男孩中较高的一个。
She is the older of the
two girls.她是这两个女孩中年龄较大的一个。
b.不与其他事物相比，表示本身程序的改
变，用“比较级+and+比较级”结构，
译为“越来越….”
The weather
is getting warmer and warmer.天气越来越暖和。
Our
country is becoming more and more
beautiful.我国变得越来越美丽。
c.表示一方随另一方程度变化时，用“the+比较级，the+比较级”结构
The
more you eat , the fatter you will be.胸越吃就会越胖。
The more you study, the more you
know.你学得越多，懂得越多。
3。形容词最高级的用法
（1）形容词最高级的前面通
常要加定冠词the,后面跟一个短语或从句来表示比
较的范围，但在一定的上下文中，表示“比较范围
”的短语或从句可以省略。
The best job is one which uses
your skill in doing something together with your
interest in the
subject.最好的工作是这样的，它既运用你的做某事的技能，又是你
兴趣之所在。
（2）有时形容词最高级前可以有序数词心脏much ,by far, nearly, by
no means,
almost等。
Canada is the second
largest country in the world.加拿大是世界上第二个最大的国
家。
This is about the earliest computer
ever manufactured in China.这大概是中国制造的
是早的计算机了。
Shanghai is by far the largest industrial city
in China.
上海是中国最大的工业城市。
（3）在做表语的形容词最高级前，如果不是和别的人（物、事）相比较，可以
不加定冠词。
Fruits are best when they are fresh.
水果新鲜的时候最好。
The air pollution was most
serious in this area.这个地区的空气污染最严重。
（4）有时最高级形式后面可以不跟名词。
Today, Abraham Lincoln
is considered as one of the greatest of all
American
presidents.今天，亚伯拉罕。林肯仍然被认为是美国历届总统中最伟大
的总统之
一。
This one is the fastest.这一个最快。
1. -----The cake looks __________.
-----Yes, and it tastes even __________.
A.
well; good B. nice; better
C. good; worse D. better;
best
2.
The Changjiang River is the __________ river in
China.
A. long B. longest
C. short D. shortest
3. He got
___________ when he heard the bad news.
A.
angry B. angrily C.
happy D. happily
4. Miss White
is as __________ as Miss Brown, but she looks much
___________ than Miss
Brown.
A. old;
younger B. old; young C.
older; young D. younger;
old
5.
Everyone was __________ when they heard the
_________ news.
A. excited; excited B.
exciting; exciting C. excited; exciting
D. exciting;
excited
6. His car is much
_________ than mine.
A. expensive
B. more expensive C. most expensive
D. the most
expensive
7. Look at the man
over there. ___________ he is!
A. How tall
B. how high C. What a tall
8.
-----Have you ever seen Tom and Jerry?
-----Sure. It is one of ________ cartoons I have
ever seen.
A. wonderful B. the
most wonderful C. more wonderful D. the
more
wonderful
9. -----Do you like
the two skirts?
-----The yellow one is good
but the green one looks ________.
A. nicer
B. nice C. best D.
well
10. -----What _________ news it was!
-----Yes, all of the children were __________.
A. excited; exciting B. exciting;
excited C. exciting; exciting D.
excited;
exciting
11. -----Traveling by
plane is _________ is than traveling by train.
-----Yes, but it is not so _________ as
traveling by train.
A. quickly; cheaper
B. more quick; cheaply C. quick; more cheap
D. quicker;
cheap
12. -----Germany will be
_______ popular with the visitors this year.
-----Why?
-----Because the 2006 World Cup
Soccer _________ there.
A. more; is hold
B. much; is held C. more; is held
D. much; is
hold
13. The doctor told Mary
to eat ________ vegetables and ________ meat
because she was getting
fatter and fatter.
A. much; little B. more; less
C. many; few D. more;
fewer
14.
If you do it again ________; I believe you won’t
make so many mistakes nest time.
A. more
careful B. much careful C. more
carefully D. much
carefully
15.
Tina said that she didn’t feel very __________
this morning.
A. well B. good
C. nice D. better
16.
-----This dish tastes ___________.
A. good
B. well C. badly
D. terribly
17. -----Which one of those two
houses would you buy?
-----I would buy the
__________ one, because I have a big family.
A. larger B. largest
C. smaller