as、、as與morethan比較結(jié)構(gòu)中得省略:在as/than-從句中省略了謂語得全部。

Castironisasusefulassteel、Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotherone、Heisasbigasanyoftheotherboys、Heisbiggerthantheboywesawyesterday、It'sprettierthanmine、在as/than-從句中省略了謂語得一部分。Marsisfartherfromtheearththanthemoonis、MaryhasknownPeterbetterthanshehas(known)John、Wasn'tanybodylaterthanwewere？Janewoulddoitmuchmorequicklythanlwould、Thereisavastvocabularyoftechnicalwords,buttheproblemisnotsofrighteningasitlooks、有時(shí)在as/than-從句中以do得某種形式代替主句得謂語部分。GeorgewritesasneatlyasJohndoes、Theyboughtfewerbooksthantheothersdid、as/than-從句中得主語與替代詞do也可采取倒裝形式。Somepeoplehavenodoubtthattheircatunderstandsasmanywordsasdoesadog、NobodydidmoreforeducationinthiscountrythandidthelateMrGreen、在as/than-從句中省略了主語與謂語得大部分,只剩下一個(gè)修飾成分。TheroadsaremuchquieterherethaninLondon、Thingsarenobetterthanbefore、It'srainingharderthanever、It'sapitytheweatherisn'tasgoodaslasttime、JohnhasahigheropinionofMarythanofJane、在下列比較從句中可以說就是省略了主語,也可以說就是由as/than充當(dāng)從句主語。Progresswiththebuildingofthebridgewasnotsogoodaswasexpected、Theystoodchattingtogetheraseasilyandnaturallyascouldbe、Idon'tthinkthisisanybetterthanwasordered、Hedrovefasterthanwaswise、Thishotelisfarmoreluxuriousthanisnecessary、間或還能見到這樣得句子:Thenumbersweresmallerthanexpected、(=thanthenumbersthathadbeenexpected)在特定得上下文或情景中,as/than-從句可以整個(gè)地被省略。--Thomasisaveryniceboy、--Ithinkhisbrotherisnicer、TheothersworkedashardasJohnbutnotsosuccessfully(asJohn)、Flimsey'sunderwearcostsless、在下列比較從句中很難具體指明省略了何種成分。Thismeatisbetterthanwhatwehadlastweek.

Althoughtheysufferedaseriousdrought,theharvestwasnotlessthantheygottheyearbefore、Thatismorethantheworkerscouldstand、ThecoffeehereisweakerthanIlike.Idon'tthinkthisisanybetterthanwherewelive、as/than-從句不可采取省略形式得場(chǎng)合:上述比較結(jié)構(gòu)都表示同質(zhì)事物之間得比較,這種比較結(jié)構(gòu)必須采取這樣或那樣得省略形式。如果不采取省略形式倒反而就是錯(cuò)誤得。Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotherone(is)、但不可以說:Thishouseisnotsoexpensiveastheotheroneisexpensive、又例如:HeismucholderthanI(am)、但不可以說:HeismucholderthanIamold、但