比较的特殊表达法初探

25. You are five minutes late.(late＝too late) 你晚了五分钟。

26. His watch is ten minutes fast. 他的表快了十分钟。

七、副词enough, sufficiently和形容词same, equal(ly),equivalent等表示as...as如：

27. He is strong enough for the job.(＝He is as strong as isnecessary for the job.) 他十分强 壮、能干这项工作。

28. lt is sufficiently clear.(＝lt is as clear as is necessary.) 够清晰的了。

29. Tom and Jack are (of) the same age.(＝Tom is as old as Jack.) 汤姆和杰克同岁。

30. They can run both equally fast.（相当于One runs as fastas the other.） 他们俩跑得同样快 。

八、最高级除了用as...as结构和比较级表达之外，下列结构也可表示最高级概念：

1)...never＋ ┌ so＋形容词／副词＋名词 └ such(a)＋形容词＋名词

31. l have never seen such a large apple behore.（相当于This is the largest apple l‘ve ever seen.） 我从来没见过这么大的苹果。

2)否定词＋like，like表示比较。意思是：没有…能比得上…，…也 不像…更能…。

32.There is nothing like leather for shoes.(＝Nothing is so good as leather for shoes.) 没有比皮革做鞋再好的了。

3)...the last＋名词＋不定式／定语从句。