directors can take liberties in dealing with of time and space than stage directors (TOEFL)
请分析句中错误。
我们从 than 从句可以看出,形容词 great 应当改为比较级形式(greater),另外,我们从句中的副词 far 也可以看出这一点,因为 far 可用于修饰形容词或副词的比较级或最高级,以加强其程度,但一般不用于修饰可分等级的形容词的原级,故上句中的 far great 应改为 far greater。类例:
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The food was far better than I expected. (CGEL) 食物比我想象的好得多。
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There were a number of people out this afternoon, far more than last Sunday. (Mansfield) 今天下午许多人都出去了，远比上周日多得多。
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That was a far easier job. (CGEL) 那是个容易得多的工作。
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You have in the proper sense far more imagination than I have. (Yeats) 按本来的意义上说,你的想象力比我丰富得多。
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far the best solution 最好的解决办法
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It was far the best film that I've seen for a long time. 这是我长时间以来所看到的最好的电影。
另外, far 亦可用来修饰 too:
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“Are you going to the football game?” “No, the tickets are ____ expensive for me.” A. very much B. so much C. far too D. highly(TOEFL)
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The lights were far too brilliant. (Du Maurier) 灯光太亮了。
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Sophie Neveu seemed of far too solid a character to be mixed up in something that sordid. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 索菲看上去很纯洁，应该不会参与这样的肮脏交易。(《达·芬奇密码》)
请做下面的英语试题：
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Gold is ____ most valuable of all metals. A. the much B. very C. the far D. far the
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—Why didn't you go to the concert last week? —It was something ____ interest-
A. far less B. much more C. a lot least D. more less
- “Does Sweden always have a substantial number of tourists?” “No, before the Second World War it had far ____ foreigners here.” A. few B. a little C. fewer D. little