"I notice that whenever a native speaker of English describes something with an adjective then the contrary adjective would follow, and it will appear in the comparative form. Take 'small' for example: "This car is small for me. I need a bigger one.", "This shirt is small. I can't put it on. I need a larger one." Can't we just say "I need a big/ large one"? Looking forward to your reply."
Lizzy, Shanghai, China
Bigger 是 big 的比較級(jí)；larger 是 large 的比較級(jí)。怎么判斷何時(shí)該使用形容詞的比較級(jí)而不是原形呢？關(guān)鍵看兩個(gè)要素。第一：有沒(méi)有參照物；第二：有沒(méi)有“太怎么樣”的詞語(yǔ)做前提。另外就是要根據(jù)正常的思維邏輯來(lái)確定使用什么形容詞。比如 Lizzy 列舉的第二句話說(shuō)“這件襯衫太小”，既然太小，當(dāng)然需要換一件大一些的。
形容詞萬(wàn)一使用不當(dāng)，還會(huì)引起誤會(huì)或不愉快，就像本期節(jié)目最后的情景對(duì)話所展示的。為什么 Lucy 抱歉？她又是如何糾正自己的“口誤”的？聽(tīng)節(jié)目錄音，看形容詞使用之妙處。
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