第二节 程度副词much等

　　程度副词much, still, far, a little, a bit 的特殊之处在于：可用来修饰比较级，表示加强或减弱程度。 如： I’m much clearer about the situation now.

　　She’s not a bit more rational than you were.

　　注意：much不能加形容词原形代替比较级

　　比如想说更有耐心：不能够说much patient, 而应该说more patient;

　　同时more也不能替代much修饰比较级，

　　比如要说低得多：不能说more lower , 而应该说much lower;

　　例句：She is far better than me at English. ( 在英语方面她比我好的多)

　　例题：

　　(1)

　　Watercolors dry more faster than other paints.

　　应改为：much faster

　　解释：比较级more不能修饰比较级faster, 应改为程度副词much

　　(2)

　　Reptiles are widely distributed all over the world, but are much abundant in warm regions and are virtually absent beyond the treeline in the Arctic.

　　应改为：more.

　　解释：much作为形容词不能修饰另一个形容词, 而作副词时只能修饰形容词比较级, 如much better, much more expensive, 依句意是要将爬行动物在温带地区和寒带地区的分布加以对比, 因此改为比较级more abundant

　　(3)

　　Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the crust of the Earth, but the nonmetals oxygen and silicon are more still abundant.

　　考点：程度副词

　　应改为：still more

　　解释：程度副词still修饰比较级more时，应置于其前,

　　词汇：crust: 地壳 silicon: 硅

　　(4)

　　A goose’s neck is a tiny longer than that of a duck and not so gracefully curved as a swan’s.

　　考点：程度副词

　　应改为：little

　　解释：形容词tiny不能修饰比较级longer, 应改用程度副词a little

　　词汇：gracefully: 优雅地， swan: 天鹅