有这样一道高考题:
Tony can hardly boil an egg, still ______ cook dinner. (2013新课标卷I)
A. less B. little C. much D. more
答案是A,资料上解释说:still less 是固定搭配,意思是“更不用说”,也可说成much less,意思一样。但still less的这个用法,似乎很少见,请老师详解!谢谢!
▲still less 属固定搭配,意思是“更不用说”,其后可接名词、代词、介词短语、动词或句子。如:
I never talked about it, still less about her. 我从来没说起过这事,更没有提起过她。
He can't read English; still less can he teach it. 他看都看不懂英语, 更不用说教了。
They are always short of water to drink, still less to bathe in. 他们的饮用水一直短缺,更别提洗澡水了。
But we must not think of Chekhov as a leftist, still less a revolutionary. 但是我们绝不应把契科夫看成是个左派人物,他更不是革命者。
▲这样用的 still less 也可说成 much less, even less。如:
She can't finish her own work in time, even less help others. 她连自己的工作都不能及时完成,更不用说帮助别人了。(接动词)
He can hardly spare me a minute, much less an hour. 他连一分钟都不能为我腾出来,更不用说一小时了。(接名词)
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