有些形容词本身没有比较级和最高级,但是与介词to连用可以表示比较含义(注意:不能与than连用),这类词常见的有:
(1)junior(比……年轻/级别低),senior(比……年长/级别高),如:She is junior/senior to me.(她比我年纪小/大。)
(2)inferior(比……低劣的),superior(比……更好的),如:Their performance was inferior/superior to that of other teams.(他们队表现得不如其他队/比其他队好。)
(3)prior(比……在前的/优先的),posterior(比……较晚的),如:All the arrangements should be completed prior to your departure.(所有安排都应该在你离开前完成。)various events that happened posterior to the 19th century (19世纪以后发生的种种事件)。
(4)anterior(比……前面的,在前的),subsequent(在……之后),previous(比…在前的,早先的),如:ages anterior to the flood(洪水前的各个时期);events that happened subsequent to the accident(事故之后发生的事);on some day previous to Christmas(在圣诞节前的某一天)。
(1)junior(比……年轻/级别低),senior(比……年长/级别高),如:She is junior/senior to me.(她比我年纪小/大。)
(2)inferior(比……低劣的),superior(比……更好的),如:Their performance was inferior/superior to that of other teams.(他们队表现得不如其他队/比其他队好。)
(3)prior(比……在前的/优先的),posterior(比……较晚的),如:All the arrangements should be completed prior to your departure.(所有安排都应该在你离开前完成。)various events that happened posterior to the 19th century (19世纪以后发生的种种事件)。
(4)anterior(比……前面的,在前的),subsequent(在……之后),previous(比…在前的,早先的),如:ages anterior to the flood(洪水前的各个时期);events that happened subsequent to the accident(事故之后发生的事);on some day previous to Christmas(在圣诞节前的某一天)。