如何利用句型表示比较？原则与实际效果

1.同级比较

【真题回放】The drive to_____is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for food or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct-it can lead to new scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such inquiry can backfire.

[A]disagree

[B]forgive

[C]forget

[D]discover

解析　本句意为“人们探索的动力是根深蒂固的，这与寻找庇护所的动力是一样的”。前后文已提到文章研究的是好奇心，是“求知的需求”，所以这里选择与此意义相近的词汇。disagree“不同意，反对”；forgive“原谅”；forget“忘记”；discover“发现，发觉”。[D]选项最合适。

译文　芝加哥大学的克里斯托弗·奚说，探索的动力深深根植于人类，就像寻找食物或住所的基本动力一样。

2.the more……the more……句型表示比较

这个句型表示同时增加或减少。从结构上看，这个句型前半部分是从句，后半部分是主句，即“the+比较级（从句）, the+比较级（主句）”。比较级部分都在各自主从句中充当一定的成分。

【例1】The longer the war lasts, the more the people there will suffer.

译文　战争持续越久，那里的人们受难就越多。

【例2】The less he worried, the better he worked.

译文　他越不烦恼，工作就干得越好。

3.表示达到最高程度的结构

4.表示“倍数”比较的三种句型

（1）A+倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级+as+B.表示“A是B的多少倍”。

【例1】An ordinary subway train, approaching the station, can be twice as loud as the loudest jet.

译文　普通的地铁进站时发出的声音会是噪声最大的喷气机的两倍。

【例2】This red box is half as large as the blue one.(https://www.daowen.com)

译文　这个红盒子是那个蓝盒子的一半大。

（2）名词结构+A……倍数+名词+of+B.表示“A是B的多少倍”。

【例1】The age of my grandpa is four times the age of mine.

译文　我爷爷的年龄是我的四倍。

【例2】The bridge is three times the length of that one.

译文　这座桥的长度是那座桥的三倍。

（3）A……倍数+比较级+than+B.表示“A比B大（小、长……）多少倍”。

【例1】This hole is three times deeper than that one.

译文　这个坑比那个坑深三倍。

【例2】This hole is four times as deep as that one./This hole is four times the depth of that one.

译文　这个坑是那个坑的四倍深。

【真题回放】Dr. Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one before that, then the score for the next applicant would_____by an average of 0.075points. This might sound small, but to undo the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been necessary.

[A]jump

[B]float

[C]drop

[D]fluctuate

解析　本句包含“more+比较级”结构。to……the effects of such a decrease，由此可以判断接下来那个应聘者的分数是出现了下降，故直击正确选项C。

译文　西蒙松博士发现，在一天中，如果之前的申请人分数比再前一位高出0.75分或更多，那么下一位申请人的得分平均会降低0.075分。