词汇 | comparatives |
释义 | comparatives noun[ plural ] uk /kəmˈpærətɪvz/us ACCOUNTING sales figures, etc. for a particular period that are compared to those for the same period in a different year: The grocery chain saw sales growth drop to 1.7% from 3.7% in the previous quarter as it came up against tough comparatives from a year earlier. Examples of comparativescomparatives The comparatives are weak when both definite and indefinite, and are declined like the active participle. 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 of adverbs are formed (where they exist) with the ending "-iej". 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. It introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives and with words such as more, less, and fewer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Based on this similarity, many have argued that the syntax of comparatives overlaps with the syntax of coordination at least some of the time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The structure of the b-sentences involving comparatives is closely similar to the structure of the a-sentences involving coordination. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even there he uses comparatives only, judging from outward appearances and from impressions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In addition to wishes and other unreal conditions, it is used after imperatives, after indefinite pronouns (such as swa and swer), and after comparatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While these may arguably be comparatives, the addition of "tjinene" indicates a unique form. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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