The Yangtze is the biggest river in our country. 长江是我国最大的河流。 It was the cheapest hotel we could find. 这是我们能找到的最便宜的旅馆。 This was the best beer (that) I have ever drunk. 这是我喝过的最好的啤酒。
It was the worst film we had ever seen. 这是我们看过的最糟的电影。
3. 形容词前有时有定语或状语修饰：
Its second largest city is Osaka. 它的第二大城市是大阪。 The third largest city is Los Angeles. 第三大城市是洛杉矶。
She was by far the most active member in our group. 她是我们小组最积极的成员。 4. 形容词最高级有时表示“非常”的意思，这时前面可加不定冠词或不加定冠词：
It’s a most touching story. 这是一个非常动人的故事。 It was most stupid to act like that. 这样做是非常愚蠢的。 5. 形容词最高级还可用在某些短语中(这时常转化为名词)：
She is ten years old at most. 她至多十岁。 We’ll do our best. 我们将尽力而为。
Exercises:
I. 把下面句子译为汉语：
1. London is the largest city in Britain. 2. He was the kindest man we had met. 3. This is the oldest theatre in Beijing. 4. She is the most diligent student in our class. 5. He was the most dangerous person in that area.. 6. Paul is the strongest boy in the kindergarten.
7. That was the best film I had ever seen. 8. Berlin is the most important city in Germany.
9. George is the eldest of their four children.
10. She was not the least bit tired, though she had worked all day.
11. He is a most remarkable man. II. 在下面句子中的习惯用语下划线： 1. He must weigh 200 pounds, at least. 2. She didn’t trust him in the least.
3. He looked 20 at (the) most. 4. I did my best to win the competition. 5. The garden is at its best this month. 6. I’ll do it to the best of my ability. 7. Mother tried her best not to smile. 8. Saturn has a family of at least 10 moons.
9. I’m not in the least interested in what he is saying. 10. To the best of my knowledge he isn’t in Hong Kong.
名词化的形容词
1. 有些形容词可以和定冠词连用，表示一类人，这可称为名词化的形容词：
These seats are for the disabled. 这些座位是给残疾人坐的。
In these countries, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. 在这些国家，穷
人越来越穷，富人越来越富。
They are going to build a school for the blind. 他们准备盖一所盲人学校。 She was always good with the unfortunate. 她对不幸的人总是很好的。 2. 定冠词还可以与-ch, -sh, -ese等结尾表示国家的形容词连用，表示这些国家的人：
The French like to eat well. 法国人饮食很讲究。
The Chinese were a highly civilized people long before the Europeans were. 早
在欧洲人之前，中国人已是一个有高度文化的民族。
the Dutch 荷兰人
the Spanish
西班牙人
the Welsh 威尔士人 the Burmese 缅甸人 the Japanese 日本人 the Swiss 瑞士人
3. 有些形容词还可以和the连用，表示抽象的事物：
Don’t expect them to do the impossible. 不要指望他们做不可能的事。
She admired the mystical. 她喜欢那些神奇古怪的东西。 This was nothing out of the ordinary. 这没有什么特别之处。
Their aim was to discover the good, the beautiful and the true. 他们的目的是
寻求真、善、美。
4. 在某些习惯用语中也包含名词化的形容词：
Are you leaving the place for good? 你离开这里不再回来了吗？
I will give you an answer on Friday at the latest. 我最迟星期五给你一个回答。 She took leave of us in the liveliest spirits. 她兴致很好地和我们告别了。
Exercises:
I. 在下面句子中名词化的形容词下划线：
1. He always sides with the oppressed and the exploited. 2. George had great sympathy for the poor and the down-trodden.
3. Take care of the wounded and the dying. 4. Soon he was among the unemployed.
5. The privileged as a whole numbered less than 600,000.
6. The well-to-do had their cares also.
7. Fortune favours the brave.
8. The old and the young should be able to live together.
9. The English have a wonderful sense of humour.
10. Scotland is the land of the Scotch.
11. The Chinese were the first people to make porcelain.
12. The British drink a great deal of tea. II. 在下面句子中名词化的形容词下划线： 1. He was fond of writing about the unusual. 2. I was weak, afraid to venture into the unknown. 3. The performance was nothing out of the ordinary.
4. Do you believe in the supernatural? 5. Several of the accused were found guilty. 6. The living are important than the dead. 7. The sick and the wounded were sent home. 8. We can’t expect them to do the impossible.
9. I can’t say for sure.
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