比较相等分量的形容词

若要在两个相等数量的事物上做比较,我们会套用这个公式:

as + 表明分量的形容词  +(名词)+ as

至于要使用的分量形容词为何,取决于比较的名词是可数还是不可数。

可数名词

若比较的名词是可数的,则用 as many 以及 as few。要注意,当前面的句子已表明比较的事物为何,就可以不重复,下面最后一个例句针对此情况来示范。

举例
  • They have as many children as we do.
  • We have as many customers as they do.
  • Tom has as few books as Jane.
  • There are as few houses in his village as in mine.
  • You know as many people as I do.
  • I have visited the States as many times as he has.
  • I have three brothers. That's as many as you have.(从第一个句子可看出要比较的事物是「brothers」)
不可数名词

若比较的名词是不可数的,则用 as much 以及 as little。要注意,当前面的句子已表明比较的事物为何,就可以不重复,下面最后一个例句针对此情况来示范。

举例
  • John eats as much food as Peter.
  • Jim has as little patience as Sam.
  • You've heard as much news as I have.
  • He's had as much success as his brother has.
  • They've got as little water as we have.
  • I'm not hungry. I've had as much as I want.(由第一个句子可知,後面要比较的事物是「food」)