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1.The US Department of Defence is expected to spend more than $ 700 billion this year - that's more than any other military service in the world.

more than any other比较级表示最高级

比较级表示最高级的几种情况：

1)、直接使用比较级

①How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice.

= She has the best voice I've ever heard.

她唱得多好啊！这是我听到的最美的歌喉。

②I have never read a more interesting novel.

= It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.

这是我读过的最有趣的小说。

2)、比较级 + than + the other + 复数名词/ + any other + 单数名词/ + any of the other + 复数名词

①She goes to school earlier than the other girls.

她比其他女孩早上学。

②He works harder than any other student.

她学习最用功。

③China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.

中国是亚洲最大的国家

3)、比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else

①George did more work than anyone else.

乔治干活最多。

②Tom cared more for money than for anything else

汤姆最喜欢钱。

4)、在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" 等词。

①I like nothing better than swimming.

我最喜欢游泳。

②Nobody can do the work better than he did.

这项工作他做得最出色。

③No other building is as grand as the new hotel.

新建的宾馆是当地最豪华的。

2.The group, Survival International, says major hydroelectric projects in countries including Brazil, Malaysia and Ethiopia are being carried out without fully consulting indigenous communities.

without fully consulting做状语

现在分词或分词短语做状语时,也可以表示时间、原因、结果、 条件、让步、方式、伴随状况等.其逻辑主语必须和句子的主语一致,有时

withwithout +名词或代词宾格+分词也可以表示伴随状况如:

While reading the book, he nodded from time to time. (时间)

The teacher stood there surrounded by the students. (方式)

He sent me an e-mail, hoping to get further information.(伴随)

分词作时间状语，如果先与主动词的动作，且强调先后， 要用having done。如:

Having answered the letter, she went on to listen to the radio.

Having been criticized by the teacher, Li Ming gave up smoking.

注意:如果是否定句,not 一般放在句首,如:
Not having received his reply, he decided to write again.