1、1)形容词最高级前通常用 the,副词最高级前的 the 可以不用。(2)形容词最高级作表语时,有时可以省略 the。如:Which of the boys is (the) strongest?这些孩子中哪个最强壮?(3)最高级形容词作表语,副词用状语时,没和别人比较时不用 the。如:Hes busiest on Monday.他星期一最忙。He works hardest when doing something for his family.他为自己家做事时最卖力。(4)最高级前已有名词所有格或物主代词时,不用 the。如:He is my best friend.他是我最好的朋友。H
2、ainan is Chinas second largest island.海南是中国第二大岛。(5)有时 most 是表示“ 非常” ,而不是最高级,不用 the。如:He is a most amazing person.他是一个非常了不起的人。一、基本规律在通常情况下,英语比较级前不用冠词,形容词最高级前用定冠词,副词最高级前可以用定冠词,也可以不用。如:This homework is all right but you could do it better. 这份家庭作业还算可以,其实你可以做得更好。That is the best way to prevent such a thi
3、ng happening again. 这是防止这样的事再次发生的最好办法。The boss praised those who had worked (the) hardest. 老板表扬了那些工作最努力的人。二、比较级前冠词使用规律比较级前通常不用冠词,但有时也用,这主要见于以下情形:1. 当比较级后接名词时,比较级前可能用冠词,此时的冠词不是修饰比较级,而是修饰其后的名词。如:Which of them is the better choice?Well, its hard to tell. 他们谁是更合适的人选 ?嗯,这很难说。Some of the more time-consumi
4、ng jobs can now be done by machines. 有些更费时间的工作现在可以用机器做了.但是,若受比较级修饰的名词为表泛指的复数名词或不可数名词,则仍不用冠词。如:Hes got more money than the rest of us (put) together. 他的钱比我们大家的加在一起的总数还多。Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right. 用左手写字的人比用右手的少。2. 当要特指两者中“ 较( 更)”时,比较级前通常要带定冠词,此时可视为比较级后省略了有关的名词或代词one
5、,即定冠词实为修饰被省略的名词或代词 one。如:Which of the two methods is the better? 这两种方法哪一种更好?Of the two possibilities, this is more likely than that. 两个可能性中,后者比前者更可能。3. 在比较级前用 the 表示程度(通常有表示原因、理由或条件的短语或从句) 。如:Hes had a holiday and looks the better for it. 他度假之后,气色好多了。I love him all the more for his faults. 正因为他这些缺点,
6、所以我越发爱他。4. 用于“the+比较级,the+ 比较级”,表示“越越”。如:The younger you are, the easier it is to learn. 年纪越轻,学习越容易。The better I know her, the more I admire her. 我对她越了解,我就越爱慕她。The more money you make, the more you spend. 你挣的钱越多,花的钱也越多。5. 当 by far 用于修饰比较级且置于其前时,比较级前要用 the。如:He is by far the cleverer than her. 他比她聪明得多。Its quicker by far to go by train. 坐火车去要快得多。注:与比较级连用,通常要放在比较级之后,若放在比较级前,则比较级通常应带有冠词。如:He is cleverer by far than her.Its by far the quicker to go by train.