成考高起點(diǎn)英語形容詞誤用辨析
1.中文:他是兩者中較高的。
(誤)He is taller of the two.
(正)He is the taller of the two.(比較級(jí)+of the two,前面要加the.)
2.中文:湯姆是我們學(xué)校里最年輕的。
(誤)Tom is youngest in our school.
(正)Tom is the youngest in our school.(形容詞的最高級(jí)前面要加the.)
3.中文:他是所有人中最強(qiáng)壯的。
(誤)He is the strongest in all.
(正)He is the strongest of all.(在同類中最…的,用介詞of.)
4.中文:我的房子跟約翰的一樣大。
(誤)My house is so large as John’s.
(正)My house is as large as John’s.(肯定形式用as+原級(jí)形容詞+as+主格。)
5.中文:湯姆比我年輕。
(誤)Tom is less older than I am.
(正)Tom is less old than I am.(less+原級(jí)形容詞+than.)
6.中文:他是班上個(gè)子最高的。
(誤)He is taller than any boy in his class.
(正)He is taller than any other boy in his class.(使用比較級(jí)時(shí),應(yīng)避免與自己比,any boy包括他自己。)
7.中文:事態(tài)每況愈下。
(誤)Things go from worse to worse.
(正)Things go from bad to worse.(from bad to worse = 每況愈下,越來越糟。)
8.中文:多數(shù)人喜愛音樂。
(誤)The most people are fond of music.
(正)Most people are fond of music.(Most泛指大多數(shù),前面不加the.)
9.中文:他至少遺失了一萬元。
(誤)He has lost not fewer than ten thousand dollars.
(正)He has lost not less than ten thousand dollars.(not less than=more than,at least,表示至少。)
10.中文:他們聽得越久,就越不喜歡他。
(誤)The longer they listen to him, the little they like him.
(正)The longer they listen to him, the less they like him.(the+比較級(jí)…,the+比較級(jí)…表示兩者的同步增長(zhǎng)。)