the+比较级,the+比较级是一个重要句型:
1.前一个从句是状语从句(比较或条件),后一个是主句;翻译时,直接按照语序来翻译既可以,如:(注意从句一般用一般现在时代替一般进来时,这是个考点)
The more he gets, the more he wants. 他越来越贪。
The harder he worked, the more he got. 他工作越努力,得到的就越多。
The more she works, the more she earns. 她工作越多,赚钱就越多。
The more the people the more the ideas.人多主意多。
The more he thought the more confused he became.
他越想越糊涂。
The happier you are, the more friends you will make.
你越开心,你交的朋友就越多。
The harder you work, the greater progress you will make.
你越努力,取得的进步就会越大。
The more you exercise, the healthier you will be. 你锻炼得越多,你就越健康。
The closer you come to the fire, the warmer you will feel.离火越近,你就越暖和。
The sooner, the better. 越快越好。
The more you learn, the more you wish to learn.
你学得越多,你越是想学。
The sooner you start, the sooner you will finish.
你开始的越早,你就完成得越快。
The more exciting it is, the happier they are.
越是有趣,他们就越是高兴。
The more I know him, the more I like him.
我越认识他,就越喜欢他。
The more you read, the better you understand.
你看的书越多,你懂得就越多。
The hotter the air is, the more quickly it will rise.
空气越热,它就上升得越快。
The more learned a man is , the more modest he usually is.
一个人越有学问,就往往越谦虚。
The more you know , the more you will realize how little you know.
知道得越多,越会体会到自己知道得有限。
The higher the tree (is), the stronger the wind (is). 树大招风。
The noisier they were, the happier was their mother. 孩子越吵闹,他们的母亲就越高兴。
The harder you work, the more progress you will get. 你越努力,进步就越快。
The more you understand yourself, the easier it is to understand others.
你越是了解自己,就容易理解别人。
The more efficient you are, the more productive your day will be.
你的效率越高,你的生产力就越大。
Generally speaking, the more you pay, the more you get.
一般来说,花钱多,买的东西就多。
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became.
这件事她越想越感到沮丧。
The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.
汽车的功率越大,就越难驾驭。
The more stress you are under, the more likely you are to catch a cold.
压力越大,越有可能患感冒。
The more confidence you build up in yourself, the greater are your chances of success.
树立的自信心越强,成功的把握就越大。
The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become
他们越调查他的背景,疑团就越多。
The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.
用的香草越多,调味汁的味道就越浓烈。
The less said about the whole thing, the happier I'll be.
对整个事情议论得越少,我越高兴。
Paradoxically, the less she ate, the fatter she got.
很矛盾的是,她吃得越少,就变得越胖。
The less you do the lazier you get.
越不做事人越懒。
The higher we climbed, the more awe-inspiring the scenery became.
我们爬得越高,风景越是让人叹绝。
2.这个句型也可以把主句放句首,从句放句尾。此时,主句的比较级正常语序,即不放在句首,且主句的比较级前的the可以省略;翻译的时候,要注意先翻译从句:
I play (the)better, the more I practice.我越练,弹得就越好。
They liked the book (the) better the more it made them cry.
这本书越使他们落泪,他们就越喜欢它。
Vibrations become (the)weaker the farther they go. 振动越走越弱。
The higher you climb, the farther you will see.
You will see (the)farther the higher you climb.
你爬得越高,看得越远。
The longer she waited, the more impatient she became.
She became (the)more impatient the longer she waited.
她等得越久,显得越是不耐烦。
The harder they worked the hungrier they became.
They became (the)hungrier the harder they worked.
他们干得越起劲,就越饿。
3.在句子成分复杂的句子多见用“the + 比较级……,the + 比较级”……”的异形结构。例句:
As we all know, time becomes more precious to him the older one gets.
众所周知,一个人年龄越大,时间对他就越宝贵。
The water vapor ascends in warm air currents and becomes cooler the higher it goes.
在温气流中水蒸气上升,升得越高它就变得越冷。
The quantity of air supply to the engine is higher the lower the suction load on the air filter of a vehicle is.
车辆空气滤清器的吸入负荷越低,向发动机供气量越高。