原級(jí)結(jié)構(gòu)中可插入表達(dá)倍數(shù)的詞，表示為“為…。若干倍”，當(dāng)與有表示倍數(shù)比較的詞在一起時(shí)候等，他們的位置是，倍數(shù)詞+as…as…，或倍數(shù)詞+more…than…，但again一般放在原級(jí)詞之后，即 “as+原級(jí)+again+as”。如：
Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills people each year than automobile accidents.
[A] seven more times [B] seven times more
[C] over seven times [D] seven times
(答案為B)
“Do you regret paying five hundred dollars for the painting?”“No， I would gladly have paid for it.”
[A] twice so much [B] twice as much
[C] as much twice [D] so much twice
(答案為B)
My uncle is as old again as I am
4)下列詞和短語(yǔ)不用比較級(jí)形式卻表示比較概念：
inferior， minor， senior， prior， prefer to， superior， major， junior， preferable， differ from， compared with， in comparison with， different from， rather than. 如：
Their watch is to all the other watches on the market.
[A] superior [B] advantageous [C] super [D] beneficial
(答案為A)
Prior to his departure， he addressed a letter to his daughter. (1986年考研題)
5)“比較級(jí)+and +比較級(jí)”或“more and more/less and less +原級(jí)”以及“ever， steadily， daily等副詞+比較級(jí)”結(jié)構(gòu)表示“越來(lái)越……”的意思，與這類(lèi)結(jié)構(gòu)搭配的常用動(dòng)詞有g(shù)row， get ，become等。前面兩種情況更多地出現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)中，注意的是這三種情況引導(dǎo)的比較級(jí)后面都不需要用than.如：
Things are getting worse and worse.
As I spoke to him he became less and less angry.
Her health was becoming daily worse
The road got ever worse until there was no road at all = the road got worse and worse.
6)比較級(jí)前面可以用even， still， yet ，all the (more)等修飾語(yǔ)用以加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，表示“更加”的意思。如
Today it is even colder than yesterday
I have yet more exciting news for you
7) 有關(guān)比較級(jí)的特殊句型：
A)： not so much…as…與其說(shuō)……不如說(shuō)……
The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
[A] and [B] as [C]but [D] or
人口增長(zhǎng)的主要原因與其說(shuō)是因?yàn)槌錾实奶岣�，還不如說(shuō)是因?yàn)獒t(yī)療的進(jìn)步帶來(lái)的死亡率下降的結(jié)果。答案為B
B) no/not any more…than…兩者一樣都不……
The heart is intelligent than the stomach， for they are both controlled by the brain.
[A] not so [B]not much [C]much more [D] no more
(心臟和胃兩者都不具有智力，他們都受大腦控制。答案為D)
There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take， they can limit how much water you drink.
所屬頻道：英語(yǔ)
責(zé)任編輯：阮老師
