比较结构的省略

as、、as与morethan比较结构中得省略:在as/than-从句中省略了谓语得全部。

Castironisasusefulassteel、Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotherone、Heisasbigasanyoftheotherboys、Heisbiggerthantheboywesawyesterday、It'sprettierthanmine、在as/than-从句中省略了谓语得一部分。Marsisfartherfromtheearththanthemoonis、MaryhasknownPeterbetterthanshehas(known)John、Wasn'tanybodylaterthanwewere？Janewoulddoitmuchmorequicklythanlwould、Thereisavastvocabularyoftechnicalwords,buttheproblemisnotsofrighteningasitlooks、有时在as/than-从句中以do得某种形式代替主句得谓语部分。GeorgewritesasneatlyasJohndoes、Theyboughtfewerbooksthantheothersdid、as/than-从句中得主语与替代词do也可采取倒装形式。Somepeoplehavenodoubtthattheircatunderstandsasmanywordsasdoesadog、NobodydidmoreforeducationinthiscountrythandidthelateMrGreen、在as/than-从句中省略了主语与谓语得大部分,只剩下一个修饰成分。TheroadsaremuchquieterherethaninLondon、Thingsarenobetterthanbefore、It'srainingharderthanever、It'sapitytheweatherisn'tasgoodaslasttime、JohnhasahigheropinionofMarythanofJane、在下列比较从句中可以说就是省略了主语,也可以说就是由as/than充当从句主语。Progresswiththebuildingofthebridgewasnotsogoodaswasexpected、Theystoodchattingtogetheraseasilyandnaturallyascouldbe、Idon'tthinkthisisanybetterthanwasordered、Hedrovefasterthanwaswise、Thishotelisfarmoreluxuriousthanisnecessary、间或还能见到这样得句子:Thenumbersweresmallerthanexpected、(=thanthenumbersthathadbeenexpected)在特定得上下文或情景中,as/than-从句可以整个地被省略。--Thomasisaveryniceboy、--Ithinkhisbrotherisnicer、TheothersworkedashardasJohnbutnotsosuccessfully(asJohn)、Flimsey'sunderwearcostsless、在下列比较从句中很难具体指明省略了何种成分。Thismeatisbetterthanwhatwehadlastweek.

Althoughtheysufferedaseriousdrought,theharvestwasnotlessthantheygottheyearbefore、Thatismorethantheworkerscouldstand、ThecoffeehereisweakerthanIlike.Idon'tthinkthisisanybetterthanwherewelive、as/than-从句不可采取省略形式得场合:上述比较结构都表示同质事物之间得比较,这种比较结构必须采取这样或那样得省略形式。如果不采取省略形式倒反而就是错误得。Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotherone(is)、但不可以说:Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotheroneisexpensive、又例如:HeismucholderthanI(am)、但不可以说:HeismucholderthanIamold、但