十、其他有关比较的习惯表达法：

1. “as+形容词（副词）+as possible”结构，表示“最⋯，尽可

能⋯”，如：“as quickly as possible”（尽量快）。如：The best way to control rats is by seeing that they have as .

A)possibly little nourishment B)nourishment possibly little C)little as possible nourishment

D)little nourishment as possible

D)为正确答案，“as little nourishment as possible”意为“尽可能少的养料”。

1. “sooner or later”是成语，表示“迟早、早晚”。

2. “would

   rather+动词原形+than⋯”是惯用句型，表示“宁愿⋯而不愿⋯”，由于连词 than 要求前后所比较的成分要一致 Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teeacher of the deaf of the telephone.

   1. than inventing B)than as the inventor C)the invention D)as the inventor

   2. 为正确答案，两个短语“as a teacher of the deaf”和“as the inventor

      of the telephone”相比。