| 单词 | in the comparative degree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the comparative degree 2. Grammar. Applied to that derived form of an adjective or adverb used, in comparing two objects of thought, to express a higher degree of the quality or attribute denoted by the simple word, as tru-er, often-er (or to the periphrasis used in the same sense, as more true, more often); the adjective or adverb being then said to be in the comparative degree. Cf. comparison n., positive v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > degree of comparison > comparative comparative1447 comparatival1900 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 161 Envye Be twyx them tweyn owyth no more to be Than is be twyn a posatyve and a comparatyve degre. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B4 The comparatiue exceedeth the positiue. 1669 J. Milton Accedence 13 There be two degrees above the positive word it self, The Comparative, and Superlative. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 163 If the members in comparative sentences are short. 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) 37 The Comparative Degree of an adjective is that form of it by means of which we show that one thing, or set of things, possesses a certain quality or attribute in a greater degree than another thing, or set of things. < as lemmas |
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