superlative

Collocations

superlative degree

最高级（语法）

In English, we form the superlative degree by adding '-est' or using 'most'.在英语中，我们通过加‘-est’或使用‘most’来构成最高级。

superlative form

最高级形式

Write the superlative form of the adjective 'happy'.写出形容词‘happy’的最高级形式。

superlative performance

极佳的表现

The athlete gave a superlative performance at the championship.这位运动员在锦标赛中表现出色。

superlative quality

极好的质量

The company is known for the superlative quality of its products.这家公司以其产品的卓越品质而闻名。

Pop culture & quotes

some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Memory Tip

用超级的 super 开头来记：superlative 就是超级好、最高级，像形容词最高级一样登顶。

Context & Register

语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing or speeches、grammar lessons 该词作形容词通常用于正式或书面语境。表示“极好的；最高质量的”时多用于正式评价；表示“最高级的”（语法用语）时常见于语法教学或语言讨论。日常随便的口语中用得较少。

Pronunciation & Spelling

Superlative is /sʊˈpɝlətɪv/. No common word rhymes exactly with its stressed pattern /-ɝlətɪv/. Relative is the closest lookalike: it shares the spelling -lative and the ending /-lətɪv/, but its stressed vowel is /ɛ/, not /ɝ/, so they do not rhyme. Alternative (/ɔːlˈtɝːnətɪv/) and affirmative (/əˈfɝːmətɪv/) share the stressed /ɝ/ and the final /-ətɪv/, but have different consonants after the vowel (/n/ and /m/), so they are only partial matches. Comparative has the same /-ətɪv/ ending but a different stressed vowel. Positive and native illustrate the varying pronunciations of -tive/-ative: /ətɪv/ in positive, /eɪtɪv/ in native.

Usage priority

Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

Learn the forms together

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。