赖世雄教你学英语语法
比较结构
1-7:比较结构中相同动词的简化
比较结构中,若主句为“主语+及物动词+宾语”,而than从句亦为“主语+及物动词+宾语”,且两个及物动词均相同时,than从句的动词可用do,does,did取代。
例:i love you more than he loves you.
= i love you more than he does you.
(我比他爱你。)
i love you more than i love mary.
= i love you more than i do mary.
(我爱你比爱玛丽多。)
千万不要造这样的句子:
i love you more than mary.
本句可能有两个意思:
1.i love you more than mary loves you.
(我比玛丽爱你。)
2.i love you more than i love mary.
(我爱你比爱玛丽多。)
因此,语意不详,故应改为
i love you more than mary does.(does不宜省略)
(我比玛丽爱你。)
或i love you more than i do mary.
(我爱你比爱玛丽多。)