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让我困惑的例子有很多,摘2个过来大家参详参详:
大全492.Los Angeles has a higher number of family dwellings per capita than any large city.
(A) a higher number of family dwellings per capita than any large city
(B) higher numbers of family dwellings per capita than any other large city
(C) a higher number of family dwellings per capita than does any other large city
(D) higher numbers of family dwellings per capita than do other large cities
(E) a high per capita number of family dwellings, more than does any other large city
the key:C
大全764.The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.
(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
the key:A。
还有less不是little的比较级吗,什么情况下不受“修饰不可数名词”的限制呢? 大全164.Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel. the key:E
(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do
(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel
(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel
大全164.Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.
(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do
(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel
(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel
the key:E
先顶一下,在仔细看看
重点在less, less 比较特殊,
1.作little的比较级,更少的
eg. The new method costs less money.
2.作noun.,且单复数同,更少或更小量,较小的部分
eg. John will not take less
The project was completed in less than two years.
3 作adv.,作little的比较级,更少地,更小地
eg. The child was less hurt than frighted.
Malaria cases are quite common in the tropical areas but less so in cold places.(less与 quite平行修饰common,adv.修饰adj.)
-以上解释例子出自《新英汉词典》
所以出题的时候容易从less的多词性下手设陷阱,refer to OG10-101
101. Even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounts to a sum lower than one percent of the $541 billion the nation spent on health care last year, doctors say fear of lawsuits plays a major role in health-care inflation.
(A)
amounts to a sum lower
(B)
amounts to less
(C)
amounted to less
(D)
amounted to lower
(E) amounted to a lower sum
The correct choice must feature a verb that agrees with the plural noun costs and refers to an action completed last year (past tense). The verb amounts in A and B fulfills neither condition, and
amounts to a sum in A is redundant.
The same redundancy occurs in E, and the construction a lower sum than is awkward and imprecise in the context of the sentence. In D,
the adjective lower is erroneously used in place of the noun less as object of the preposition to.
Choice C is best.
再如 OG10-106
106. The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.
(A) increasing the pressure
(B) the increasing pressure
(C) increased pressure
(D)
the pressure increased
(E) the pressure increasing
The best answer will complete the phrase could mean less lending with a construction that is parallel to less lending.
Here less is an adjective modifying lending, which functions as a noun in naming a banking activity. C, the best choice, parallels this adjective + noun construction with increased [adjective] pressure [noun]. Choice A violates parallelism by introducing a phrase in place of the adjective + noun construction. Choices D and E also fail to parallel the adjective + noun construction. In choice B, the definite article the needlessly suggests that some previously mentioned type of pressure is being referred to, and increasing implies without warrant that the increase has been continuing for some indefinite period of time, not that it occurs as a consequence of the bank's decision.
抓住fewer(fewer仅是few的形容词比较级,few可做n.,pron.,fewer不可),lower是形容词比较级,less除此之外还能作名词的用法就差不多了。
Just FYR
Rohto妹妹,承蒙赐教,获益良多,多多谢谢!偶好好理解消化下下......
关于greater、higher、more等的用法也讲解一下吧,期待中,感激着
BTW:妹妹贴图中的路牌跟S.F.有关吗?妹妹跟S.F.有关吗?
Rohto妹妹,承蒙赐教,获益良多,多多谢谢!偶好好理解消化下下......
关于greater、higher、more等的用法也讲解一下吧,期待中,感激着
BTW:妹妹贴图中的路牌跟S.F.有关吗?妹妹跟S.F.有关吗?
more的用法可以由less类推;
greater,higher我暂时还没总结到,不好意思了,呵呵,
我也有好多不明白的地方,一起进步! 是你的帖子给了我启发总结一下less, 呵呵,多谢mm.
S.F.没啥特别关系,我平时喜欢听CRI, 有段时间总上他们网站收集图片,前段时间太郁闷,找了这个图拿个枪对准GMAT,哈哈,恩
怎么看不见讨论哦?
关于less 和 low fewer
XDF老师说过 less修饰 数量概念 low 修饰长度概念
在GMAT考试中 大部分考 数量概念 可数与不可数都用 less fewer 修饰人
可数与不可数不是GMAT考试中的 重点
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