1. 倍數+as+形容詞或副詞的原級+as+其它。
這種結構又常演變成下列兩類:
①倍數+as+many+可數名詞複數+as;
②倍數+as+much+不可數名詞+as。如:
There are seven times as many people as I expected.
是我預料的人數的七倍。
There is five times as much coffee in this glass as in that one.
這個杯子裡的咖啡是那個杯子裡的五倍。
2. 倍數+形容詞(或副詞)的比較級+ than+其它。如:
The hall is five times bigger than our classroom.
這個大廳的面積比我們教師大五倍。
3. 計量名詞+of+名詞+be+倍數+that+of+其它。如:
The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.
新擴建的廣場為以前的四倍大。
4. 倍數+what從句。如:
The production is now three times what it was ten years ago.
現在的產量是十年前的三倍。
5. 倍數+more+名詞+than+其它。如:
There are nine times more books in his bag than in yours.
他書包裡的書比你書包裡的書多九倍。
6. 其它表達。如:
She&34;比較級+and+比較級&34;越來越…&34;the+比較級…,the+比較級…"表示「越…,就越…」。如:
The more you have, the more you want.
The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.
【知識擴展】
在形容詞比較級前可以加a little, a bit, a lot, no, any, much, far, even,still等副詞組表示程度的加深。如:
The result is much better than we expected.
Actually, health is far more important than wealth.