英语语法 | less 的各种固定搭配
本文章由春喜在线英语于2017.11.21日编辑发布
less 可以做形容词,副词,甚至是介词,远不止作为比较级那么的单调;今天小编跟大家一起来学习几个关于 less的固定搭配! 与more and more的意思相反,表示“越来越小”“越来越少”。 例如: He comes here less and less. 他来这里的次数越来越少了。 I find I’m eating less and less meat. 我发现我肉吃得越来越少了。 He became less and less interested. 他越来越不感兴趣。 Holiday nights are getting less and less expensive. 假日机票越来越便宜了。 与more than意思相反,主要用法有: 1.用于两者比较,意为“比……少(小)”; 例如: I earn less than he does. 我比他钱挣得少。 She eats less than a bird. 她的食量比小鸟还少。 2. 指数量上“少于”“不足”; 例如: It costs less than£5. 这值不了5英镑。 I’ll see you in less than three weeks. 要不了3周我就能再见到你了。 3.表示轻微的否定,意为“不很”“并不是太”(主要见于美国英语中)。 例如: The job was less than perfect. 这工作不十分理想。 The boys were less than happy about having a party. 开晚会男孩子并不很高兴。
1. 表示“多达”“有……之多”,用于强调数量之多; 例如: No less than a thousand people came. 来的人竟然有上千人之多。 He won no less than £5000 in the lottery. 他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。 2. 表示“简直”“与……没差别”; 例如: It is no less than robbery to ask for so much. 要求多么多,简直跟抢劫没两样。 Sports wears, no less than suits, are very much saleable. 运动服和西服套一样,非常畅销。 3. 表示“原来就是”“正是”; 例如: He was no less than the mayor. 他原来就是市长。 Good heavens! It’s no less a person than the president! 天哪!原来真是总统啊!一点儿不假。