249.In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.

　　英語四級譯文:

　　在9 11襲擊之后，這些問題好像更加急迫了。

　　四級詞匯講解:

　　本句的主干是questions have never seemed more pressing; In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks為狀語，have never seemed more pressing通過否定比較級來表示最高級概念。

　　in the wake of的意思是 隨...之后到來 。如:

　　Outbreaks of diseases occurred in the wake of the flood.洪水過后疾病叢生。

　　英語四級考點歸納:

　　否定式+比較級可表示最高級概念:

　　名詞短語否定式+比較級表示最高級。如:

　　Nobody else in the class is talaer than John. = John is the tallest in the class.班里沒人比約翰更高。

　　Nobody works harder than Steven does. = Steven works hardest.沒人比史蒂文更努力。

　　動詞短語否定式+比較級表示最高級。如:

　　The food in that restaurant couldnt taste worse.=The food in that restaurant tastes the worst.那家餐館里的食物不能再糟糕了。

　　I couldnt have spent more time writing this book.=I spent a lot of time writing this book.我沒法花再多的時間來寫這本書了。

　　249.In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.

　　英語四級譯文:

　　在9 11襲擊之后，這些問題好像更加急迫了。

　　四級詞匯講解:

　　本句的主干是questions have never seemed more pressing; In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks為狀語，have never seemed more pressing通過否定比較級來表示最高級概念。

　　in the wake of的意思是 隨...之后到來 。如:

　　Outbreaks of diseases occurred in the wake of the flood.洪水過后疾病叢生。

　　英語四級考點歸納:

　　否定式+比較級可表示最高級概念:

　　名詞短語否定式+比較級表示最高級。如:

　　Nobody else in the class is talaer than John. = John is the tallest in the class.班里沒人比約翰更高。

　　Nobody works harder than Steven does. = Steven works hardest.沒人比史蒂文更努力。

　　動詞短語否定式+比較級表示最高級。如:

　　The food in that restaurant couldnt taste worse.=The food in that restaurant tastes the worst.那家餐館里的食物不能再糟糕了。

　　I couldnt have spent more time writing this book.=I spent a lot of time writing this book.我沒法花再多的時間來寫這本書了。