◆left & right n.,adj. & adv. 1. 用作名词,left 表示“左边”,right 表示“右边”,是一组反义词,但其用法较为相似: (1) 其前通常有物主代词或定冠词修饰。如: He doesn’t know his left from his right. 他分不清左右。 (2) 表示“在左(右)边”,根据情况可用介词 on, at, to。如: Keep to the left (right). 靠左(右)通行。 He sat on [at, to] my left. 他坐在我的左边。 The shop is on [at] the left of the road. 商店在马路左边。 注:若表示动态地“向”左(右)边,或指较远的距离时,通常要用介词 to。如: Then he looked to the left. 然后他向左边看。 The post office is a few yards to the right of therailway station. 邮局在火车站右边几百码处。 2. 用作形容词,通常只用作定语。如:one’s left hand(左手),the right side of the street(街右边)等。 3. 用作副词,注意其前不用介词或冠词。比较: Turn left at the corner. /Turn to the left at the corner. 在拐角处向左拐。 ◆less n.,adj. & adv. 1. 用作名词或形容词,作为 little 的比较级,通常与不可数名词连用。如: Less noise, please. 请不要大声吵闹。 He has less money than you. 他不如你有钱。 注:口语中有时可用于可数名词前,但不少语法学家反对这一用法,建议学生不要仿用。 2. 用作副词,可修饰形容词或副词,表示程度;也可修饰动词,表示次数、程度或数量。如: This is less important. 这个不那么重要。 My head aches less now. 我的头不那么痛了。 Eat less, drink less, and sleep more. 少吃,少饮酒,多睡觉。 I hope the next train will be less crowded than this one. 我希望下一趟火车不象这一趟这样拥挤。 3. 比较 less than & less……than:前者表示“不到”、“不足”;后者表示“不象(如)……”、“与其……不如……”。如: It’s less than a mile to the ocean. 去大海不到一英里。 He is less honest than his brother. 他不如他哥哥诚实。 I regard him less as my teacher than as my friend. 与其说我把他当作老师,不如说我是把他当作朋友。 4. 比较 no less than, no less……than & not less than: (1) no less than 有两个意思: a. 表示“多达”、“有……之多”(强调数量之多)。如: We walked no less than three miles. 我们走了三英里之远。 We won no less than £500 in a competition. 我们在一次比赛中就赢了500英镑。 b. 表示“简直”、“与……没差别”。如: It is no less than robbery to ask for so much. 要这么多, 简直跟抢劫没两样。 (2) no less……than 意为“与……一样”、“不比……差”(强调两者具有同等性)。如: He is no less wise than you. 他跟你一样聪明(他并不比你笨)。 A dolphin is no less a clever animal than a dog is. 海豚与狗同样都是聪明的动物。 比较:A whale is no more a fish than a horse is. 马不是鱼,鲸也不是鱼(即鲸不是鱼就如同马不是鱼一样)。 (3) not less than 意为“不下于”、“至少”。比较: He has no less than seven daughters. 他有七个女儿之多。 He has not less than seven daughters. 他至少有七个女儿。 |
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