托福口语：比较形式的用法

 　　1. She is no less diligent¹ than her elder sister. 她和她姐姐一样用功。

　　2. One minute too late is no more in time than half an hour (is). 迟到一分钟与迟到半小时同样是不准时。

　　3. His strength is superior to mine. 他的力气比我大。

　　4. Colored people are by no means inferior to white people. 有色人种丝毫不比白人低劣。

　　5. My arrival in New York is posterior to that of my friend. 我比我朋友后到纽约。

　　6. We love truth above everything else. 我们热爱真理甚与一切。

　　7. It is worth next to nothing. 那几乎一钱不值。

　　8.I would do anything before that. 我什么都肯做，就是不愿做那件事。

　　9. Easier said than done. 说易做难。

　　10. I like that best of all / least of all. 我最喜欢/不喜欢那个。

　　11. I can’t think of a better idea. 我想不出比这个更好的了。

　　12. No other book has had a greater influence on my life. 任何其它的书对我一生的影响都没有这本书大。

　　13. Nothing is so easy as this. 没有比这更容易的事了。

　　14. The more a men knows, the more he discovers his ignorance. 一个人懂得越多，越发现自己无知。

　　15. So much the worse. 更加不妙。

　　16. Better late than never. 迟做比不做好。

　　17. Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。

　　18. I would sooner die than do such a thing. 我宁死不做此事。

　　19. Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun² it. 聪明人热爱真理，而愚人逃避真理。

　　20. How could he compare with Bill Gates?

1 diligent   

adj.勤勉的，勤奋的

参考例句：

• He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
• She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。

2 shun   

vt.避开，回避，避免

参考例句：

• Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
• This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。