在英语学习中,我们经常会遇到worse这个词。表面上看它似乎总在描述不好的事情,但实际上它的用法远比我们想象的丰富有趣。
Worse是bad的比较级,意思是"更坏的,更差的"。但它的用法远不止于此。
The weather today is worse than yesterday.
今天的天气比昨天更糟。
His performance was worse than I expected.
他的表现比我预期的更差。
注意:worse已经是比较级形式,不需要再加more。说"more worse"是错误的表达。
除了作为形容词比较级,worse还有一些非常实用的特殊用法:
I was late for the meeting, and to make matters worse, I forgot my presentation.
我开会迟到了,更糟的是,我忘了带演示文稿。
For better or worse, we've decided to move to a new city.
无论好坏,我们已经决定搬到一个新城市。
He fell off his bike but was none the worse for the accident.
他从自行车上摔下来,但毫发无损。
使用技巧:当你想表达"更糟糕的是..."时,可以灵活使用worse still或what's worse来丰富你的表达。
掌握这些常见搭配,让你的英语更地道:
get worse - 变得更糟
The patient's condition is getting worse.
病人的情况正在恶化。
worse off - 情况更差
After the divorce, she was worse off financially.
离婚后,她的经济状况更差了。
worse than ever - 比以往任何时候都糟
Traffic in the city is worse than ever.
城市的交通比以往任何时候都糟糕。
不要混淆worse和worst:
This is bad, that is worse, but the other one is the worst.
这个不好,那个更糟,但另一个是最糟糕的。
记忆技巧:worse是比较级(两者比较),worst是最高级(三者或以上比较)。
试着翻译以下句子:
1. 情况比我们想象的要糟糕得多。
2. 更糟的是,我们迷路了。
3. 尽管经历了风暴,这栋建筑毫发无损。
参考答案:
1. The situation is much worse than we imagined.
2. What's worse, we got lost.
3. The building was none the worse for the storm.
记住,worse虽然看起来"坏",但在英语表达中却是个非常实用的"好帮手"!