Superlative

最高级

A term used in the three-way grammatical description of adjectives and adverbs into degrees, specifying the extent of their application. The superlative form is used to express a comparison between more than two entities, and contrasts with comparative, where only two entities are involved, and positive, where no comparison is implied. In English there is both an inflection (-est) and a periphrastic construction (most) to express this notion (e.g. biggest, most interesting).

语法描写中说明形容词和副词三种比较程度及其适用范围的术语之一。最高级形式用于两个以上实体之间的比较，与比较级—只在两个实体间比较，也与原级—不含比较意思，相对立。英语的最高级可用屈折形式（-est）和迂说构式（most）两种方式表达（例如biggest“最大”，most interesting“最有趣”）。