comparative degree

The form of an adjective or adverb used to compare two people or things, showing that one has more of a particular quality or does something more; in English, often formed with -er or more.

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   The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

   形容词或副词的一种比较级,用于比较两个实体在某种属性或方式上的程度；英语中较高级由后缀-er或more构成,同级由as构成,较低级由less构成。

形容词或副词的一种比较级,用于比较两个实体在某种属性或方式上的程度；英语中较高级由后缀-er或more构成,同级由as构成,较低级由less构成。

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