Comparing and contrasting – modifying comparatives
比较和对比—比较修饰


When we want to talk about similarities and differences we can use adjectives in their comparative forms  …当我们谈到异同时，我们用形容词的比较形式。

例如：
      • Max is taller than Judy.
      • You’re more intelligent than me.

or we can use (not) as (adjective) as  或者我们会用“（not）as （形容词）as”

例如：
      • Her hair is as long as mine.
      • This one’s not as interesting as his first book. Remember that ‘not as interesting as’ means ‘less interesting than'.

We can also use expressions like different from, similar to and the same as.  我们还能用以下三个来做比较。
      • She’s very different from her sister. They’re very different.
      • Sri Lankan food is similar to Indian food. They’re similar.
      • Andrew is the same age as Lily. Their ages are the same. We use same with nouns.

 

Modifying comparisons 比较修饰

A big difference – much, a lot, far 一个很大的差别—用much、a lot、 far

We can modify comparative adjectives to show that there is a big difference between things.  我们能用比较修辞形容词去表示事物之间有一个很大的区别。
      • Sales in July were much higher than sales in June.
      • She’s a lot taller than you.
      • This one’s far more expensive than the blue one.

We can also say that things are completely or totally different from each other.  我们也能说事物是完全不同的，用completely 和 totally different from。
     • They may be twins but they’re completely different from each other.

 

A small difference – slightly, a little, a bit, not much  一个很小的差别—slightly、 a little、a bit、not much

We can show there is a small difference.
      • Sales in August were slightly lower than sales in July.
      • You’re a bit younger than me.
      • These are not much more expensive than those.

 

No difference – exactly, more or less, roughly 几乎没有差别—exactly、more or less、 roughly

We can show that there is no difference or almost no difference.
      • He’s exactly the same age as me. ( No difference)
      • The figures for December are more or less the same as the figures for November. (a tiny difference)