形容词不规则变化是形容词的比较级和最高级不按一定的规则变化。以下各形容词的比较级和最高级的变化没有规则,只好随学随记。
Are you feeling better?
你觉得好一些吗?
No. My cold is getting worse. It’s the worst cold I’ve ever had.
没有。我的感冒更重了。这是我得的最严重的感冒。
Recently more and more people caught colds.
冬天到了,最近越来越多的人感冒了。
美语中,指“更远”时只用farther,但在英国英语中也可用further;指“更进一步”或“另外的”,英美都用further。
Your home is farther from the school than mine.
你家比我家离学校更远。
Whose is the best?
谁的最好?
Mine. And Tom has made the most mistakes.
我的最好。汤姆出的错最多。
You’d better eat less greasy food now; it isn’t good for you.
你现在最好少吃些太油腻的食物,这对你不利。
指“更进一步”或“另外的”,far的比较级和最高级英美都用further和furthest。
Your guess is the furthest from the correct answer.
你的猜测与正确的答案相差最远。
elder, eldest 指家族里兄、弟、姊、妹、子、女的长幼次序,只可放在brother, sister, son, daughter等名词之前作限定的用法;older, oldest指年龄的老幼或事物的新旧。
My elder sister is three years older than your eldest brother.
我姊姊比你的大哥大三岁。
表示顺序的先后时,late最高级是last,指三者或更多中的“最后一个”。
Who is the last person in the last row?
最后一排的最后一个人是谁?
表示顺序的先后时,late比较级是latter,指前面所提及的两者中的“后者,第二个,第二类”。可指单数或复数。
My grandpa. He has a son and a daughter. The former is a doctor, and the latter is a teacher.
那是我爷爷。他有一儿一女,前者是医生,后者是教师。
late表示时间的早晚时,最高级为latest,意为“最新的;最近的”。
He is a writer, but he has said that his latest novel will be his last.
他是作家。不过他说过他最新出版的小说将是他的最后一部了。
late表示时间的早晚时,比较级为later,意为“比…更迟”。
It is later than six o’clock. I must be leaving.
已经过六点了。我得走了。
形容词不规则变化列表总结如下:
原级
比较级
最高级
good(好的) well(健康的)
better
best
many(多数的) much(多量的)
more
most
old(老的)
older elder
oldest eldest
far(远的)
farther further
farthest furthest
little(少量的)
less
least
late(迟的)
later latter
latest last
bad(坏的) ill(生病的)
worse
worst