摘要:GMAT语法不容许考生们的半点马虎,今天济南朗阁小编为大家带来数量比较的正确表达,GMAT考生们可要看清楚了哦~
GMAT语法不容许考生们的半点马虎,今天济南朗阁小编为大家带来数量比较的正确表达,GMAT考生们可要看清楚了哦~
在GMAT语法中表示一个的数量比其他大多少时可以这样表达:
1. 在GMAT中,如果你想用倍数,用times和as…as,这两个要一起用,如
Right: The man is FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS his grandson.
Wrong: The man is FIVE TIMES OLDER THAN his grandson.
第一句话表示,the man的年龄是his grandson的5倍;第二句表示the man的年龄是his grandson的6倍,而这种情况应该不可能(曼哈顿语法书上说的,不过这种情况还是有可能的),作者可能想说5倍。
当times不与as或than连用时,它则直接指倍数,如twice=two times
Right: The cost of a ticket is $12, SIX TIMES the cost ten years ago.
Right: The concert was attended by 300 people, TWICE the previous attendance.
2. 在GMAT中,如果你想比较两个数量的多或少,用more than或less than,看下面的例句:
Right: I am TEN years OLDER THAN you.
Wrong: I am TEN years AS OLD AS you.
单词more和less非常灵活,它们可以名词(代词)、形容词和副词,如下例句:
Right: I own MORE THAN I should. (more = noun or pronoun) 在此句中more是宾语
Right: I own MORE SHIRTS THAN I should. (more = adjective) more是shirts的形容词修饰语
Right: I sleep MORE THAN I should. (more = adverb) more是sleep的副词修饰语
3. GMAT的数字比较中,单词high、higher、low、lower只能用作形容词,看以下例句:
Right: My bills are LOWER than they were last year.
Wrong: I spend LOWER than I did last year.
Right: I spend LESS than I did last year.
大家会对数量进行比较了吗?GMAT语法比较严苛,需要考生将各个语法点彻底弄清楚。在以后的文章中,小编还会为大家继续讲解GMAT语法中的知识点,大家一定要时刻关注我们哦~