many的比较级和最高级
many是形容词,译为许多的,多的。
many的比较级和最高级:
1、many的比较级:more。
more是表示数量或程度上高于另一个事物的比较级形式。
例如:
She has more experience than I do.
她比我有更多的经验。
2、many的最高级:most。
most是用于三个或以上事物之间进行比较,表示数量或程度最高的形式。
例如:
Out of all the candidates, he is the most qualified for the job.
在所有申请者中,他是最合适这份工作的人。
many的用法:
1、大部分情况下many用于否定句和疑问句中。
例如:
Were there many children at the party?
聚会上有很多孩子吗?
I don’t have many relatives. We’re a small family.
我没有多少亲戚。我们是一个小家庭。
many可以与not连用,相当于few。
例如:
Not many people realise that the mathematical notion of ‘zero’ is a relatively recent invention.
没有多少人意识到“零”的数学概念是一个相对较新的发明。
2、用于肯定句的情况。
many通常不单独在肯定句中使用,而使用a lot of代替。
例如:
There were a lot of people at the swimming pool this morning.
今天早上游泳池里有很多人。
但是在非常正式的上下文中,使用many代替a lot of和lots of。
例如:
Many politicians have suffered at the hands of the popular press.
许多政客在大众媒体的控制下遭受了苦难。
Many of his friends and colleagues were shocked upon hearing of his sudden death.
他的许多朋友和同事听到他的突然死亡感到震惊。
在名词有定语从句修饰的肯定句中,通常用 many。
例如:
There are many elderly people who have never touched a computer in their lives.
有许多老年人一生中从未接触过电脑。
3、在表示数量大的程度时,可以用very、a great、too或so来修饰。
例如:
very many:
Very many people have complained about the situation.
很多人抱怨过这种情况。
a great many:
There were a great many questions which were left unanswered at the end of the investigation.
在调查结束时,有许多问题没有得到回答。
too many:
There are too many mistakes in this essay.
这篇文章错误太多。
so many:
Why do so many people watch reality TV shows?
为什么这么多人看真人秀?
4、as many as +数字,用来表示数量大的让人震惊,意为”多达,如此多“。
例如:
As many as 5,000 people are believed to have died in the earthquake.
据信有多达5000人在地震中丧生。
5、in as many意为“…的同样的”。
例如:
He doesn’t seem to be very lucky in love. He’s had three girlfriends in as many months.
他在爱情上似乎不太走运。在同样的三个月里他有三个女朋友。
解析:此句相当于 He's had three girlfriends in three months.
6、关于 many of。
(1)其后接名词时,该名词通常应是特指的(比如有 the、this、that、 these、those、my、our、Tom’s等修饰),作主语时,谓语用复数。
例如:
Many of the books are mine.
很多书都是我的。
Many of those most affected are elderly.
受影响最大的人中很多都是上了年纪的。
Many of these cushions have survived and are very collectible.
这些垫子很多都保存了下来,非常有收藏价值。
(2)如果名词没有表特指的限定词,通常就不用of。
例如:
叶子剩下的不多了。
误:There aren’t many of leaves left.
正:There aren’t many leaves left.
油菜籽剩下的不多了。
误:There aren't many of rape seeds left.
正:There aren't many rape seeds left.
(3)如果用了介词of又没有特指限定词,通常是不可以的。
如:
许多学生读过它。
误:Many of students have read it.
正:Many of the students have read it.
(4)在人称代词前总是用many of,其中的of不能没有。
如:
Many of us were too tired to go further.
我们很多人都累得不能再往前走了。
Many of them also offer a mail-order service.
他们中有许多家也提供邮购服务。
7、可与more连用,之后接复数名词。
例如:
There have been many more burglaries this year.
今年盗窃案比过去多好些。
Television and radio needed many more women in senior jobs.
电视和广播领域需要有更多女性来担任高级职位。
有时其后的名词可承前省略。
例如:
Many people support the government, but many more are against it.
许多人支持政府,但更多得多的人反对它。
另外,其后修饰的不是名词,而是形容词或副词,则用much more,不用many more。
例如:
You must work much more carefully.
你应工作得更加细心。
It was much more enjoyable than I had expected.
这比我预期的有趣得多。
8、many a+单数可数名词,形式上为单数,但意义上为复数(意为“许多”),若用作主语,其谓语通常与形式一致而不与意义一致,即谓语用单数。
例如:
Many a young man has tried and failed.
很多年轻人都试过,而且失败了。
Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.
由于服务不周失去了许多老主顾。
注意,“many a+单数名词”是一个十分正式的结构,在口语或非正式文体中一般都用“many +复数名词”代之。
9、the many意为“绝大多数人”,单独使用,谓语用复数。
例如:
The many are kept in ignorance while the few prosper.
绝大多数人被蒙在鼓里,少数人却兴旺发达。
10、与 a great/good number of, a great/good amount of 等表达不同,a great/good many 后接名词时,不用介词of。
例如:
I’ve known her for a great many years.
我认识她好多年了。
A great many people were at the meeting.
很多人参加了会。
A great many changes have happened in the neighbourhood, since you went away.
自从你走了以后,这带发生了好多事情。
当其后接的是人称代词或带有限定词的名词时,则要有of。
如:
A good many of them have bighouses.
他们中的许多人有大房子。
A great many of them are out of work.
他们很多人失业了。
11、how many+可数名词复数用来讨论或提问数量。
例如:
I was surprised by how many people were there.
我很惊讶有那么多人在那里。
How many people were there?
有多少人?
How many times do I have to tell you to lock the door?
我要告诉你多少次才能锁门?
解析:以上两句若表示数量不多时,可以用not very many回答。
与many相关的习语有哪些?
1、as many as … 表示惊讶,意为多达,如此多。
例如:
There were as many as 200 people at the lecture.
听讲的有200人之多。
2、many's the 许多次,常常。
例如:
Many's the time I heard her use those words.
我不止一次听她说过那样的话。
many、much、a lot of、lots of的区别:
1、many “许多”。只能与可数名词连用,其反义词是few,主要用于疑问句和否定句中,在肯定句中不常用。但可作句子的主语或修饰主语,常用于so、as、too之后。
例如:
How many people came to the meeting?
多少人来参加会议?
There aren't many mistakes in his exercise.
他的练习里没有多少错误。
You made too many mistakes.
你犯的错误太多了。
2、much “许多”。只能与不可数名词连用。其反义词是little,主要用于疑问句和否定句中。
例如:
How much money is there in the box?
盒子里有多少钱?
I don't have much free time.
我没有多少空闲时间。
3、a lot of 和lots of 都表示“许多”的意思。两词可以换用,属于非正式用语,且常用于口语,跟可数名词时要用复数,也可以跟不可数名词。
例如:
There are a lot of hospitals in the city.
城市里有许多医院。
A lot of work is to be done this month.
这个月将有许多事情要做。
Lots of the fellows have been downed on their first flight.
在他们的第一次飞行中就有许多同事倒下。