不用Than的比較

并不是所有的形容詞表示比較時(shí)都用than，英語(yǔ)中有幾個(gè)以-or結(jié)尾源于拉丁語(yǔ)的形容詞，由于其原級(jí)已具有比較的含義，在表示比較時(shí)不用than，而用to。這類(lèi)形容詞不多，計(jì)有：anterior / prior to（先于），posterior to （在……之后），superior to（優(yōu)于），inferior to（劣于），junior to（年幼于），senior to（年長(zhǎng)于）。

【例如】

This task is prior to all others.

He thinks he is superior to his classmates because his father is a very important people.

The Red Army was inferior in equipment but superior in morale to the enemy.

My arrival in Beijing is posterior to that of our manager.

It happened prior to my arrival.

The official's rank is senior to his father's.

Mary is two years senior to me, and her sister is junior to me by three years.