與…比較，與…相比compared with…, in comparison with

　　與…形成鮮明對(duì)照in contrast with(或to)

　　(1) _______________ (與我成長(zhǎng)的地方相比), this town is more prosperous and

　　exciting. [2008.06/90]

　　(2) _______________ (和同齡的其他孩子相比), Robert is very tall.

　　(二)平級(jí)比較as…as;not as… as;not so much …as …(與其說(shuō)…不如說(shuō)…);the

　　same …as

　　(3) They will contact us _______________(盡快).

　　(4) He is _______________(與其說(shuō)他是位學(xué)者)as a writer.

　　(三)more than…;more and more;the more…the more…

　　(5) In my sixties, one change I notice is that _______________(我比以前更容易累了).

　　(6) I would prefer shopping online to shopping in a department store because

　　___________________(它更加方便和省時(shí)).

　　(7) Once we were off the main freeway _______________(這趟旅行更像是度假).

　　(8) As the disease worsened (他感到走路越來(lái)越困難).

　　(9) The more you explain, (我越糊涂).

　　(10) The more preparation you do now, (考試前你就越不會(huì)緊張).

　　(四)否定詞+比較級(jí)nothing more… than;no less than…不亞于…

　　(11) Since my childhood I have found that (沒(méi)有什么比讀書(shū)對(duì)我更

　　有吸引力).

　　(12) (她的勤奮不亞于)than her sister.

　　(五)倍數(shù)增減的表示法

　　(13) Force N1 _______________(比力N2大2.5倍).

　　(14) This substance _______________(反應(yīng)速度是另外那種物質(zhì)的三倍).

　　(15) The earth _______________(是月球大小的49倍).

　　(16) The landlord _______________(想將租金提高三分之一).

　?、?、倒裝句

　　(一)Only引導(dǎo)的狀語(yǔ)從句位于句首，句子要倒裝

　　(1) Only then (那個(gè)醫(yī)生才意識(shí)到他的病人需要手術(shù)).

　　(2) Only when you adjust down your price (我們才能做

　　成這筆買(mǎi)賣(mài))

　　(二)句首出現(xiàn)帶有否定意義的詞位，句子要倒裝

　　(3) At no time (允許吸煙)in the meeting-room.

　　(4) (直到他完成使命)did he realize that he was seriously ill.

　　(三)固定結(jié)構(gòu)Hardly/Scarcely…when, No sooner…than

　　(5) Scarcely had she fallen asleep (一陣敲門(mén)聲就把她吵醒).

　　(6) No sooner had Anne arrived (就生病了).

　?、蟆?qiáng)調(diào)句

　　(1) (正是Jefferson寫(xiě)下了)the Declaration of Independence.

　　(2) (正是因?yàn)樗疂q了)we could not cross the river.

　　(3) (直到我告訴她) Mrs. Williams knew anything about it.

　　漢譯英練習(xí)(一)參考答案

　　(1)Compared with the place where I grew up

　　(2) Compared with other children of the same age

　　(3) as soon as possible

　　(4) not so much a scholar

　　(5) I am more likely to get tired than before

　　(6) it is more convenient and time-saving

　　(7) the trip felt more like a vacation

　　(8) he found walking more and more difficult

　　(9) the more confused I am/get/become

　　(10) the less nervous you’ll be before the exam

　　(11) nothing is more attractive to me than reading/nothing attracts me more than reading

　　(12) She is no less diligent/hardworking than her

　　(13) is 2.5 times greater than Force N2

　　(14) reacts 3 times as fast as the other one

　　(15) is 49 times the size of the moon

　　(16) wants to raise the rent by a third

　?、?、倒裝句

　　(1) did the doctor realize that the patient needed an operation

　　(2) can we close the deal/conclude the business

　　(3) is smoking permitted

　　(4) Not until he had finished his mission

　　(5) when a knock at the door awakened her

　　(6) than she fell ill

　?、?、強(qiáng)調(diào)句

　　(1) It was Jefferson who wrote

　　(2) It was because the water had risen that

　　(3) It was not until I told her that