【简明语法】4.12 the + 最高级 + 比较范围_英语语法
1) the sahara is the biggest desert in the world.
形容词最高级前通常必须用定冠词 the,副词最高级前可不用。
形容词most前面没有the,不表示最高级的含义,只表示"非常"。
it is a most important problem.
=it is a very important problem.
注意: 使用最高级要注意将主语包括在比较范围内。
(错) tom is the tallest of his three brothers.
(对) tom is the tallest of the three brothers.
2) 下列词可修饰最高级,by far, far, much, mostly, almost
this hat is nearly / almost the biggest.
注意:
a. very可修饰最高级,但位置与much不同。
this is the very best.
this is much the best.
b. 序数词通常只修饰最高级。
africa is the second largest continent.
3) 句型转换:
mike is the most intelligent in his class.
mike is more intelligent than any other students in his class.
4) "否定词语+比较级","否定词语+ so… as"结构表示最高级含义。
nothing is so easy as this.
=nothing is easier than this.
=this is the easiest thing.