<例句>
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。
<语法分析>
副词well的最高级best用来修饰动词laugh,副词最高级前多数不加定冠词the。与形容词一样,副词也有比较级和最高级形式。单音节词和少数双音节词可以加词尾的方法构成比较级和最高级,双音节词和多音节词大多以加more和most的方法构成比较级和最高级,此外,还有一些不规则的形式。副词的比较级和最高级除了一般用法外,大多可以用在一些特别的结构中。
<触类旁通>
(1) Try to do better next time.
下次争取干好一点。
语法分析:副词的比较级可以单独使用。
(2) She studied the subject further than I do.
这个问题她探究得比我深入。
语法分析:副词比较级可以和than一起使用。
(3) She reached the destination three days earlier than the others.
她比别人早三田到达目的地。
语法分析:副词比较级前有时可以有状语修饰。
(4) He went farther and farther away.
他越走越远。
语法分析:副词的比较级和最高级可以用在一些特殊的结构或短语中,如more and more,the more...the more,had better,had best等。
(5) You ought to know better than to go out without an overcoat on such a cold day.
你应当懂得这样冷的天不穿大衣出去可不行。
语法分析:know better than to do something结构表示懂得不宜做某事。
<巩固练习>
(1) He used to be a radical and has thought _____[well]of it.
(2) The more I work,_____ I accomplish.
(3) Of these sports,I like rowing _____.
(4) She knows all this as _____[well] as I do.
(5) He works a lot _____[hard]than before.
(6) I go to Shanghai _____[frequently]than she does.
<参考答案>
(1) better (2) the more (3) most (4) well (5) harder (6) more frequently