473 more and more和the more…the more
① more and more意为“越来越”,表示的是递增或递减,指数量的越来越多,性质的越来越强或越来越弱。more and more可以作定语,修饰名词,可以作表语,也可以作状语。
More and more people enjoy sports in the open air. 越来越多的人喜欢户外运动。
I like the city more and more. 我越来越喜爱这座城市。
The story gets more and more exciting. 这个故事越来越激动人心。
The king became more and more mad. 那个国王变得越来越疯狂了。
It is getting colder and colder. 天越来越冷了。
② the more…the more表示“越……越”,指两个事物在程度或数量上作等量增加或减少。注意,在这种结构中,两者都要用比较级,可以是形容词比较级,也可以是副词比较级。
The more one has,the more one wants. 一个人拥有越多,越想拥有更多。
The sooner you finish the work,the better it is. 这项工作你完成得越早越好。
The faster you walk,the earlier you'll get there. 你走得越快,就能越早到那里。
The more angry he became,the more she laughed at him. 他越生气,她越嘲笑他。
The longer you look at the moon,the brighter it seems to be. 月亮越看越明亮。