请看这个句子,The hotter the air is, the more quickly it will rise. 空气越热,它就上升得越快。老师说这里的 The hotter the air is 是比较状语从句。请问专家老师,有如此的状语从句吗?
这个问题非常有意思,故也参与讨论,但不肯定对,只不过给网友们提供点参考。
张老师说:“......前者则一般称为条件意义的程度状语从句,后者为主句。”
的确这样,前面的“the + 比较级结构”就是状语从句,后面的“the + 比较级结构”是主句,两个 the 都是副词。zzwen 网友问:既然 The hotter the air is 是状语从句,为何没连词呢? 这个问题问得非常不错,但值得注意的是,这个状语从句是有连词的,前句中的 the 就是用作连词,意义为“假如到达某个程度”(引导有条件意义的程度状语从句),后句中的 the 是程度副词“达到这个程度”。张道真《英语语法大全》(2014年1月版P. 302)专门谈到这个问题,书中将这种状语从句归于“依据状语从句”的另一特殊类,摘录如下:
The poorer he becomes, the less friends he has.
The more I earn, the less content I feel.
The farther I went, the lonelier I felt.
The more he studied music, the less he could understand it.
The faster you progress, the faster you will retreat
The more you know of a profession, the more you like it.
The sooner we start, the better it is .
The younger is the pupil, the naughtier he is.
The more I read, the more I travel, the more I think, - the more ignorant do I feel.
The sooner, the better.
The more haste, the less speed.
间或从句放在后面:
I love her more , the longer we are separated.
He became more stupid, the older he grew.