有一读者问: 如何解释下面一句中的the poorer:
(1)The world is the poorer because of the loss of...
为了理解和使用the poorer (“the+比较级”)一类的说法,应记住两点: 一是the在此不是定冠词,而是副词,相当于that,意为“更加”,用以修饰比较级;二是这种结构一般皆须与明表或暗表原因的词语(多为状语)连用,如上述句(1)中的because of the loss of...现再举一些常见的句子为例:
明确表出原因,如:
(2)His unkindness hurt me all the more because I had been previously so kind to him . (because从句表原因,“the+比较级”之前用all, so much等)
(3)I walked around for two hours and I felt none the worse for it . (for it表原因,“the+比较级”之前也常用none, any等)
暗含原因,如:
(4)If he will come, all the better . (原因暗含在if从句中)
