【极比句】

句型［…the 形容词最高级/ 副词最高级+(名词)+范围词…］

1.This is the easiest book I've ever read.  2. Mrs. Thomson works hardest of all.

3.Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.  4. It is our greatest happiness to dedicate our youth to the New Long March.

5.The least means shall be used to achieve the greatest end.  6. Which of the boys studies best?

句型［…the most/ least形容词原级/副词+(名词)+范围词…］

1.She is the most active girl in our class.  2. You're the one who writes the most correctly.

3."How is your watch?" - "My watch goes the most accurately."

4.The most short-sighted man could see that at a glance, with his naked eyes," said Martin.

5.Light waves travel most quickly through air, they go much slower through water and even slower through glass.

[注1] "best of all" 表示肯定的最; "least of all" 表示否定的最， 如： I like swimming best of all.

I like that least of all.  The least用作最高级时，往往被其后面的形容词的反义词的最高级所取代。如: This is the most difficult (不用the least easy) book I've ever read. This is the most uninteresting (很少用the least interesting) book of the three.

[注2] 两个概念的表示法：1) 若干个最大中的一个可用 "one of+最高级" 表示, 如: "What about horse-racing?" - "I should say that that is one of the most popular sports in Great Britain."

2) "第2, 3, 4…大" 可用 "the 序数词+最高级" 表示, 如： My home town is the second largest city in our province.

[注3] most前，如果没有the,则不是表示比较，而表示 "很", "非常", 如: The present world situation is most favorable for the people.  The meeting proceeded in a most friendly atmosphere.

句型［…否定词…+比较级…］

1.I never saw a prettier sight.  2. No other book has had a greater influence on my life.

3.I will say this, that the best shot in existence could not have done it more beautifully

4."How about a game of bridge?" - "I can't think of a better idea."

5.When you come to think of it, there is nothing in the world more potent-and more impotent - than words

[注] 从反面表达最高比较级的方式很多，甚至可以不用比较级的词语，如：

Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it. (come near 与…相比)

In point of strength, he is second to none. (second to none独一无二)

No one is to be compared with him for resourcefulness.  He has no equal in playing ping-pong ball.

句型［…否定词语…+so+形容词/ 副词+as+被比对象］

1.No country suffered so much as England.  2. No war is so great as the European war.

3.There is nothing I like so much as playing football.  4. Nothing is so easy as this.

5.None is so blind as those that won't see.

[注] 极比句中表示范围的词语，除了用差比句附注第三列出的词以外，还有以下几种。

1) 用that引出的从句表示范围: That is the most important discovery (that) ever made by man.

2) 用in 引出的短语表示范围: This is the busiest street in the city.

3) 用of 引出的短语表示范围: Of all the writers of the time Lu Shun enjoyed the greatest popularity among the people.

4) 用其他介词短语表示: Mr. Zhu is the strictest among the teachers of our school.  It is the finest thing under the sun.

5) 用条件句表示范围: "If there is one thing I do not like, it is a crying child…"

"If there is a scoundrel upon earth, that scoundrel's name is HEEP."