| 词汇 | example_english_superlative |
| 释义 | Examples of superlativeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A brick of a book (in small print !), it deserves all of the superlatives heaped upon it. They do not have comparatives or superlatives. Comprehension and production of comparatives and superlatives. Let us understand what we are talking about, and the limits of what is possible, before we exhaust ourselves in superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is inclined to act, if not to speak, in superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder what superlatives the report will find to describe the situation which besets the industry when we see it next year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not necessarily use the same superlatives as he did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He and the club are everything they could and should be, and one can only use superlatives in describing his work and his value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No superlatives have been too far over the top for some of the protagonists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate that it is not our custom to use superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes think that it is difficult during these debates, because the superlatives have so often been used before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One has almost exhausted the superlatives in trying to describe it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to use superlatives, but, of course, it can become, in some respects, a very evil racket indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it is far too full of adjectives, superlatives, political correctness and in particular a kind of vagueness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He went on to say that it is an industry of superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more superlatives you used, the more rubbishy you thought the arguments were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The use of superlatives and exaggerated language really will not help us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not use any unnecessary superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was very gloomy in the rest of his speech but in this respect he really got into superlatives, because the facts are not quite as stated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, there is a return to the old silent film days of the epic film—the stupendous, the magnificent and all the other superlatives which are used to describe them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have very strong feelings, but we do not think that it is necessary enormously to exaggerate or overlard with superlatives an argument which is so painfully clear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are too many superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not particularly like the superlatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hate to be given to superlatives but it absolutely reached everything we wanted it to. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Similarly, superlatives can be expressed using the adverb "zu" most, which precedes a predicate (verb or adjective). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Comparatives used attributively follow the nouns they modify, while superlatives precede their nouns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Comparatives and superlatives are constructed according to morphosyntactic rules. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lush romanticism of the songs had critics searching for superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Superlatives have the prefix "naj-" as for adjectives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The author's style is elaborately descriptive and unsparing in its use of superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Periodically throughout the afternoon, producers keep track of and update viewers on the status of fantasy football statistics, and/or other statistical superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. No mere words can do justice to this charming and talented lady and the pen can only exhaust itself in superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her voice and her performance exhausted all of the superlatives in the dictionary. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In describing the ending, commentators are often driven to superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Superlatives may also appear using the ordinal numeral "keieu" first. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. English superlatives are typically formed with the suffix "-est" (e.g. "healthiest", "weakest") or the word "most" ("most recent", "most interesting"). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Unique head noun phrases, which include superlatives and nouns with the words "only" and "first", also take the null relativizer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Manic lovers speak of their partners in possessives and superlatives, and feel they need their partners. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is very loud and harsh, but goodhearted, and always speaks in superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Set against other rising criminal talent... one barrister steals the superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The superlatives from reviewers and readers alike display the resounding praise which the novel has received. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Superlatives exhausted themselves on him quickly, for the fact that technically he did everything right. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We are currently working on extending the tools to cover comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. We say 'better' advisedly, claiming only for our results a window on the comparative, not the superlative. Superlatives like fat and warm were liberally applied. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the premier season of 1936, superlatives came early for the new team. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dyckhoff emphasises the battles with breathless superlatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is significant use of gradable adjectives: normative ("good," "bad"), comparative ("better," "inferior") and superlative ("finest," "best") but few hints as to how members are arriving at these positions. Most adverbs form comparatives and superlatives by modification with "more" and "most": "often", "more often", "most often"; "smoothly", "more smoothly", "most smoothly" (see also comparison of adjectives, above). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After the war ended, blockbuster was adopted by the advertising industry including film industry in the 1950s and added it to their arsenal of superlatives alongside astounding, incredible and revolutionary. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We did examine most of these additional forms in our speech samples, specifically possessive, third person singular inflection, progressive, adverb -ly, comparative and superlative, copula and auxiliary verbs. With the exception of superlative adjectives and adjectives in the so-called human construction (cf. note 26 above), the same line of reasoning applies to so-called substantively used adjectives. The contrast between her understanding and lack of production of superlatives furthered the researchers' belief that, even in the absence of language, her cognitive structure had developed in some form. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has built a reputation for being quietly spoken, thoughtful and not prone to superlatives - what many would describe as excellent, he would say was pleasing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The clarity and simplicity of science was seen as a way in which to combat the emotional and mystical superlatives of superstitious enthusiasm, as well as the threat of atheism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the long run, statistical agencies will be able to make use of electronically recorded data on the sales of commodities to produce timely superlative indexes. The other approach to superlatives is formed just like comparatives, except "tjinene" is added after the adjective, and a form of all placed after the compared group. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We could certainly have women architects; there is no reason to suppose that they would not make superlative architects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the things that we have in superlative quantity in this country is beautiful villages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that the superlative professionalism and dedication to duty of our forces earns them their unequalled high reputation and respect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we have just an adequate education system, and not a superlative system, we will find the world a very competitive, ruthless and overwhelming place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pictures may well travel, but in building a great national collection we have to make it superlative in each item. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The strong competition from other aircraft means that the economics of operating any such aircraft must be extremely good; in fact, superlative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already said that we have a superlative record on inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The others deserved the adjective which is often a superlative, for some of them were "stupendous" productions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Especially is an awareness of this truth important when the man himself is gifted with a superlative capacity for surveying the world horizons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We appear to expect superlative effort and infallible results from those who defend us in this sphere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here most of the superlative craftsmen are in their sixties, often their late sixties or early seventies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that it is a safe, succulent, satisfying snack and with mash it is almost superlative? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He wishes to use the word "higher" as the superlative of three stages of education, primary, secondary and higher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With his usual superlative tact he did not make any special awards as to who among them were far-sighted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our highest priority—it is right to put the superlative adjective before the word "priority"—is to improve our public services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there are degrees in what you may call an ad hoc election, surely the last election presented the superlative degree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the word is a superlative one, "quite" makes it more so; if not it makes it less so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Praise could not be too great for the superlative contribution that they and their wives and families have made to this settlement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The record here in personal terms can only be described as superlative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it started with the positive, then the comparative, and ended with the superlative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we all know, a clever jockey can achieve victory by superlative riding, as we have seen in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was thrown a little at first because he used the superlative when he should have used the comparative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the balance of payments, an £800 million deficit in 1964 was a mark of superlative economic management whereas a deficit of £175 million in 1966 was a national disaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has there ever been a better or more superlative combination of the utmost peak of modern technology designed to pursue basic research into what they bring back from the moon? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not remember the superlative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without exception each opens in the mode of summary, defining in superlatives the initial prosperity and power of the protagonist. Another participant was the source of 9 of the 18 base forms ; a third participant produced 5 of the 6 superlatives. Seldom can a young scholar's first book be greeted with superlatives. The authors state that a clear vision should be articulated, and that: 'vague mission statements, strong on superlatives but weak on critical analysis are unhelpful'. Despite these superlatives, the lake has yet to be sampled directly, owing to the logistics involved with penetrating the nearly 4 km of glacial ice that overlies it. At present, we do not cover comparative and superlative forms of adjectives since their productivity is much less predictable. The adjective comparison was difficult: the scores for the comparative and superlative form were on average 4 and 2.5 points out of 15, respectively. In conclusion, it is clear from the data that the use of superlative adjectives varies dramatically between the two newspapers. Superlative adjectives are generally characterised due to their 'est' endings. The search button was then pressed in order to begin exploring the use of superlative adjectives in this corpus data. Language inflation being what it is, those who use "awesome" in the less-thanultimate sense are forced to seek modifiers for this ultimate superlative. At another point, androgyny is illustrated through a superlative piece of symbolism. Put differently, this author advocated for women superlative spirituality and intellectual activity, of the sort that benefits the individual as well as society at large. Often the paradox is even more pointed: the protagonist's superlative status is defined precisely by its resistance to definition. Advertising may change a spelling, and take nouns and treat them like adjectives, endowing them with both comparative and superlative degrees. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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