비교 구문

비교급·최상급 형태와 핵심 관용 표현을 정리합시다!

비교급·최상급 형태 1음절: tall → taller → tallest 2음절(-y): happy → happier → happiest 2음절 이상: beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful

불규칙: good/well → better → best bad/ill → worse → worst many/much → more → most little → less → least far → farther/further → farthest/furthest

주요 비교 구문 원급: as + 원급 + as (A는 B만큼 ~하다) → She is as tall as her mother.

비교급: 비교급 + than (A는 B보다 더 ~하다) → He is taller than his brother.

최상급: the + 최상급 + in/of (가장 ~하다) → She is the tallest in her class.

배수 표현 A is twice as big as B. (A는 B의 2배 크다) A is three times larger than B. (A는 B보다 3배 더 크다)

💡 배수 + as ~ as 또는 배수 + 비교급 + than

비교 관용 표현 the + 비교급, the + 비교급: ~할수록 더 ~하다 → The more you study, the better you become.

no more than: 겨우 ~밖에 (= only) no less than: ~나 되는 (= as many/much as) not more than: 많아야 ~ (= at most) not less than: 적어도 ~ (= at least) no longer: 더 이상 ~않다

no more than vs no less than He has no more than 5 dollars. (겨우 5달러밖에) He has no less than 5,000 dollars. (5천 달러나!)

💡 no more than = only (적음 강조) 💡 no less than = as much as (많음 강조)