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比较结构
1-11:本身已有比较级意味的形容词
某些-ior结尾的形容词本身已具有比较级的味道，不可用more...than或less...than修饰，而要与介词to并用。
常用的此类形容词一共有四个：
superior to 比……优越的
inferior to 比……差劲的
senior to 比……年长的；比……地位高的
junior to 比……年轻的；比……地位低的
例：i really doubt john's competence; it seems quite obvious that he is inferior to his friend david.
（我真怀疑约翰的能力，很明显，他比他朋友大卫差劲。）
even though he is superior to most of his classmates, he is not arrogant.
（虽然他比大多数同学优秀，却不高傲。）
i am senior to him by five years.
= i am five years his senior.
= i am older than he by five years.
（我比他年长五岁。）
mary is senior to her husband in the company, but back home she is junior to him.
（在公司里，玛丽的职位比先生高，但回到家里，她的地位便在其夫之下。）
其他类似的词类：
prior to + n.在……之前（指时间）
= before + n.
posterior to + n. 在……之后（指时间）
=after +n.
例：prior to the war, he was a teacher.
（在战前，他是名老师。）
posterior to the war, he left the army.
（在战后，他离开了军队。）