英语表示最高级的方式很多,归纳起来,主要有以下七种:
方法1 直接用最高级形容词或副词表示
Who picked the most apples?谁摘的苹果最多?
First class is the most expensive way to travel?坐头等舱是最贵的旅行方式。
It is quality of products that matters the most?郾最重要的是产品质量。
Of course, the one that I like best cost the most?郾当然,我最喜欢的那个最贵。
方法2用“比较级+than+any other+单数名词+比较范围”表示
My father cooks better than any other member in our family.我的爸爸比家里任何人都会做饭
Swallows fly faster than any other bird?在所有鸟中,燕子飞得最快。
He swims faster than any other student in his class?他比班上的其他任何学生都游得快。
More heat is lost through the head than any other part of the body? 从头部散发的热量比身体的其他任何部位都多。
方法3用“比较级+than+all the other+复数名词+比较范围”表示
He swims faster than all the other students in his class.
My father cooks better than all the other members in our family
Your department spent more last year than all the other departments put together?郾 你们部门去年的花销比其他所有部门的加起来还多。
方法4用“比较级+than+anyone /anybody/anything+else”表示
He likes the girl more than anyone else in his class?他比班上其他任何人都更喜欢这个女孩。
She has now held the post of Prime Minister longer than anyone else this century?郾 目前她当首相任期之长在本世纪是前所未有的。
方法5用“否定词+比较级+than+……表示
No one realizes that better than himself? 这一点没有人比他了解得更清楚。
There’ s nothing worse than working overtime没有什么比加班更坏的事了
No one is more generous than him; he has a heart of gold郾没有人比他更大方了,他有一颗金子般的心。(他很善良)
方法6用“否定词+as /so+形容词或副词的原级+as……”表示
Nothing is so easy as this? 没有比这更容易的事了。
No student is so diligent as he?郾 没有比他更勤奋的学生了。
方法7用含有“终极”意义的词或短语表示
Red is my favorite colour? 红色是我最喜爱的颜色。
Above all, he was not honest? 最重要的是他不诚实。
PS:注意一下两大类词
极限形容词如:perfect,impossible,empty,full,exhausted, excellent, marvelous, inferior, amazed等通常不能用于比较级和最高级。但这些词前却可以带诸如absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly等的程度副词作修饰语,表示最高的程度;还可带有诸如almost, nearly, practically, virtually 等程度副词,表示接近最高的程度之意。
非程度形容词如:married,表示国籍的形容词,如Chinese, British, American, Spanish等等;2)表示颜色的形容词,如red, blue, yellow等;3)表示方向、方位的形容词,如northern, southern, eastern, western, middle, right, left, outdoor, indoor, 等等;以及其它像monthly, weekly, yearly, daily, atomic, painted, electric等等很多有 "concerning...", "about"意义的形容词,一般都不可用于比较级和最高级。