比较结构的省略

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1、as..as和morethan比较结构中的省略：在as/than-从句中省略了谓语的全部。      1.Castironisasusefulassteel.2.Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotherone.3.Heisasbigasanyoftheotherboys.4.Heisbiggerthantheboywesawyesterday.5.It'sprettierthanmine.在as/than-从句中省略了谓语的一部分。1．Marsisfartherfromtheearththanthemoonis.2．

2、MaryhasknownPeterbetterthanshehas(known)John.3．Wasn'tanybodylaterthanwewere？4．Janewoulddoitmuchmorequicklythanlwould.5．Thereisavastvocabularyoftechnicalwords,buttheproblemisnotsofrighteningasitlooks.有时在as/than-从句中以do的某种形式代替主句的谓语部分。1.GeorgewritesasneatlyasJohndoes.2.Theybought

3、fewerbooksthantheothersdid.as/than-从句中的主语和替代词do也可采取倒装形式。1．Somepeoplehavenodoubtthattheircatunderstandsasmanywordsasdoesadog.1．NobodydidmoreforeducationinthiscountrythandidthelateMrGreen.在as/than-从句中省略了主语和谓语的大部分，只剩下一个修饰成分。1.TheroadsaremuchquieterherethaninLondon.2.Thingsarenob

4、etterthanbefore.3.It'srainingharderthanever.4.It'sapitytheweatherisn'tasgoodaslasttime.5.JohnhasahigheropinionofMarythanofJane.在下列比较从句中可以说是省略了主语，也可以说是由as/than充当从句主语。1．Progresswiththebuildingofthebridgewasnotsogoodaswasexpected.2．Theystoodchattingtogetheraseasilyandnaturallyas

5、couldbe.3．Idon'tthinkthisisanybetterthanwasordered.4．Hedrovefasterthanwaswise.5．Thishotelisfarmoreluxuriousthanisnecessary.间或还能见到这样的句子：Thenumbersweresmallerthanexpected.（=thanthenumbersthathadbeenexpected)在特定的上下文或情景中，as/than-从句可以整个地被省略。1.--Thomasisaveryniceboy.2.--Ithinkhisbr

6、otherisnicer.3.TheothersworkedashardasJohnbutnotsosuccessfully(asJohn).4.Flimsey'sunderwearcostsless.在下列比较从句中很难具体指明省略了何种成分。1．Thismeatisbetterthanwhatwehadlastweek．      2．Althoughtheysufferedaseriousdrought,theharvestwasnotlessthantheygottheyearbefore.3．Thatismorethantheworke

7、rscouldstand.4．ThecoffeehereisweakerthanIlike．5．Idon'tthinkthisisanybetterthanwherewelive.as/than-从句不可采取省略形式的场合：上述比较结构都表示同质事物之间的比较，这种比较结构必须采取这样或那样的省略形式。如果不采取省略形式倒反而是错误的。Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotherone(is).但不可以说：Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotheroneisexpensive.又例如：Heis

8、mucholderthanI(am).但不可以说：HeismucholderthanIamold.但是，如果比较结构表示不同质事物之间的