牛津實用英語語法:341 比較從句
A 形容詞和限定動詞連用時的比較：
Its darker today than it was yesterday.
今天比昨天天色昏暗。
He doesnt pay as much tax as we do/as us.
他沒我們交的稅款多。
He spends more than he earns.
他花的比掙的多。
注意：that+形容詞是一種口語形式，表示那么：
Will it cost￡100?
No，it wont cost as much as(all)that.It wont be(all)that expen
- sive./It wont be as expensive as that.
要花100英鎊嗎?
不，花不了那么多。沒那么貴。
that+形容詞結構有時用于口語中表示very(很)的意思。
B 副詞和限定動詞連用時的比較(參見第31節至第34節)：
He didnt play as well as we expected/as well as you(did).
他打得不如我們預料的好/你打得好。
He sings more loudly than anyone Ive ever heard/than anyone else (does).
他唱得比我聽到的任何人唱得都響/比任何人都聲音響。
You work harder than he does/than him/than I did at your age.
你比他干得賣勁/我在你這個年齡時干得賣勁。
C 形容詞和不定式或動名詞連用時的比較：
通常兩者都可使用，但動詞不定式常常用于特定的動作，動名詞則用于一般情況(參見下面E)：
Its sometimes as cheap to buy a new one as(it is)(to)repair the old one.
Buying a new one is sometimes as cheap as repairing the old one.
有時買一個新的跟修理舊的一樣便宜。
He found that lying on the beach was just as boring as sitting in his office.
He found lying on the beach just as boring as sitting etc.
他發現躺在沙灘上和坐在辦公室里一樣沒趣/煩人。
He thinks it(is)safer to drive himself than(to)let me drive.
He thinks that driving himself is safer than letting me drive.
他認為自己開車要比讓我開車更安全些。
It will soon be more difficult to get a visa than it is now.
Getting a visa will soon be more difficult than it is now.
不久之后，簽證會比現在更難拿到。
D 上面C所述的這種比較句式中，如as/than前面用的是動詞原形，則常在as/than后面用動詞原形而不用動名詞。與此相同，如as/than前面用的是動名詞，則在其后面一般也使用動名詞，而不用動詞原形，見前面的例子。位于as/than之前的限定動詞+this/that/which后面多跟動名詞，雖也可跟動詞不定式：
Ill deliver it by hand;this will be cheaper than posting it.
我自己送過去，這樣比郵寄要便宜。
He cleaned his shoes，which was better than doing nothing.
他把自己的鞋擦了，這總比無事可做好。
E 動詞原形與would rather/sooner連用：
Most people would rather work than starve.
多數人寧可工作也不愿挨餓。
I would resign rather than accept him as a partner.
我寧可辭職也不愿接受他為合伙人。
A 形容詞和限定動詞連用時的比較：
Its darker today than it was yesterday.
今天比昨天天色昏暗。
He doesnt pay as much tax as we do/as us.
他沒我們交的稅款多。
He spends more than he earns.
他花的比掙的多。
注意：that+形容詞是一種口語形式，表示那么：
Will it cost￡100?
No，it wont cost as much as(all)that.It wont be(all)that expen
- sive./It wont be as expensive as that.
要花100英鎊嗎?
不，花不了那么多。沒那么貴。
that+形容詞結構有時用于口語中表示very(很)的意思。
B 副詞和限定動詞連用時的比較(參見第31節至第34節)：
He didnt play as well as we expected/as well as you(did).
他打得不如我們預料的好/你打得好。
He sings more loudly than anyone Ive ever heard/than anyone else (does).
他唱得比我聽到的任何人唱得都響/比任何人都聲音響。
You work harder than he does/than him/than I did at your age.
你比他干得賣勁/我在你這個年齡時干得賣勁。
C 形容詞和不定式或動名詞連用時的比較：
通常兩者都可使用，但動詞不定式常常用于特定的動作，動名詞則用于一般情況(參見下面E)：
Its sometimes as cheap to buy a new one as(it is)(to)repair the old one.
Buying a new one is sometimes as cheap as repairing the old one.
有時買一個新的跟修理舊的一樣便宜。
He found that lying on the beach was just as boring as sitting in his office.
He found lying on the beach just as boring as sitting etc.
他發現躺在沙灘上和坐在辦公室里一樣沒趣/煩人。
He thinks it(is)safer to drive himself than(to)let me drive.
He thinks that driving himself is safer than letting me drive.
他認為自己開車要比讓我開車更安全些。
It will soon be more difficult to get a visa than it is now.
Getting a visa will soon be more difficult than it is now.
不久之后，簽證會比現在更難拿到。
D 上面C所述的這種比較句式中，如as/than前面用的是動詞原形，則常在as/than后面用動詞原形而不用動名詞。與此相同，如as/than前面用的是動名詞，則在其后面一般也使用動名詞，而不用動詞原形，見前面的例子。位于as/than之前的限定動詞+this/that/which后面多跟動名詞，雖也可跟動詞不定式：
Ill deliver it by hand;this will be cheaper than posting it.
我自己送過去，這樣比郵寄要便宜。
He cleaned his shoes，which was better than doing nothing.
他把自己的鞋擦了，這總比無事可做好。
E 動詞原形與would rather/sooner連用：
Most people would rather work than starve.
多數人寧可工作也不愿挨餓。
I would resign rather than accept him as a partner.
我寧可辭職也不愿接受他為合伙人。
