概要

• 对比是平行结构的子类
• 对比的两个元素所需要的条件

对比的标志词

• 特殊现象

  • 对比结构可以用代词来代指第一次提到的名词
  • 对比结构有时可以省略第二个主词

• 对比的标志词

  Marker	Sample Structure
  Like	LIKE the cat, the dog is friendly.
  The cat, LIKE the dog, is friendly.
  Unlike	UNLIKE her parents, she has green eyes.
  In California, UNLIKE Florida, the humidity is moderate.
  As	Divya is smart, AS is Abby.
  Than	You have earned a BETTER score THAN I
  have.
  Cisco's revenues are considerably HIGHER THAN Starbucks’.
  As … as …	Mira is AS likely AS Sam to win the promotion.
  Different from	My current job is quite DIFFERENT
  FROM my last one. (pronoun one refers to
  job)
  In contrast to / with	Canada's housing market did not suffer many difficulties during the economic downturn, IN CONTRAST TO the housing market in the United States.

可省略的单词

• 所有格情况下的省略
• 计量单位、动词和整个句子在第二部分的省略
• 但有歧义的情况下，要加入必要的单词或助动词*（be, do, have…）*
• GMAT 偶尔允许非必要的助动词（不算 wordy）

Like vs. As

• Like 被用作比较 名词，代词，名词短语
• Like 后从来不会放一个 句子 或者一个 介词短语
• Like 后可以跟着 动名词

• As 可被用作比较两个句子
• 以下两个句子在意思上无本质区别

比较级和最高级

• 不要用比较级，除非句子中有 than（‼️）