| 单词 | degrees of comparison |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdegrees of comparison 8. Grammar. The action of comparing an adjective or adverb. degrees of comparison: the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of an adjective or adverb. See comparative adj. 2, compare v.1 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > comparison of adjectives or adverbs comparation1483 comparison1530 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > comparison of adjectives or adverbs > degree(s) of comparison degreea1475 degrees of comparison1530 state1795 state1800 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 69 Adjectyves..maye have with us er and est added to their endes, whan we make comparyson in our tong. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 409/2 Nowe wyll he..come forth wyth his thre degrees of comparison, olde, elder, and eldest. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. vi. §3 Of comparison ther be thre degrees: the positive, comparative, and superlative, if the first may be called a degre. 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §116. 40 Combinations like more learned, most virtuous, may be called ‘Degrees of Comparison’ on the same principle as that on which ‘I shall go’ is called the ‘Future Tense’ of the verb go. < as lemmas |
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