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创作编号：
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创作者：
别如克
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more than
与
more
…
than
短语在英语中使用得十分
广泛。但其用法
和意义并不简单，
一不留神就可能用错。
因为
more
than
与
more
…
than
除
了具备其基本用法外，还有些特殊用法。理解和翻译时要特别小心，不能
一看到
more
than
就简单地按照字面上的意
思将其理解为“比……更……”
或“超过”等，而是要根据上下文找出
< br>more than
短语的确切含义，只有
这样才不至
于贻笑大方。
more than
相当于一个形容词或副词短语，在句中作定语或状语，修
饰其后的动词、副词、数词或名
词等。
一
.
more than
的用法
1. more than
后跟数词，相当于
over
，翻译成“
……多、超过……”
等，强调某物数量上超出某一范围。
More
than
1,500
people
were
killed
in
the
earthquake.
地
震中有一千五百多人遇难。
I
have collected more than 3 hundred stamps so far.
到
目前为止，我已收集了
300
多张邮票。
I
’
ve
known him for more than 20 years.
我认识他已经二
十多年了。
Their college enrolled
more than five hundred new
students
this year.
他们学院今年招收了五百多名新生。
2.
more
than
后跟名词或动名词，相当于
over,
not
just,
not
only
，
表示“不只是、不仅仅是”等。例
如：
She is more than a
teacher to us, she is our friend.
他不只是
教师，她还是我们的朋友。
Hibernation is more than sleep.
冬眠不仅仅是睡眠。
Wood is
used for more than building.
木头不仅仅用于建筑。
Blood is much more than the simple
fluid it seems to be.
血液
不仅仅是
一种外表似乎简单的液体。
My trip to
Beijing is more than sightseeing.
我去北京不仅仅是
旅游观光。
I like autumn more than summer.
我喜欢秋天胜过夏天。
He is
more than a soldier. He is simply a hero.
他岂止是个战
士，简直是个英雄。
注：
more
than
one
意为
“不止一个”
，
若用作主语，
谓语用单数；
more
+
复数名词
+than
one
做主语时，谓语用复数。例如：
More
than one
teacher has been
to
Australia in
this college. <
/p>
这
所学院的教师中，不止一人去过澳大利亚。
More ships than one were damaged in
the storm.
不止一艘轮船在
这次暴风雨中受损。
More than one book has been translated
into foreign languages.
不止一本书被译成了外语。
More
than one student likes to play football after
school.
不
止一个学生喜欢放学后踢足球。
3.
more
than
后跟动词、形容词、副词、或介词，相当于
very,
much,
not only, especially
，表示“不仅、十分、非常、很、更加、非但”等。
例如：
She was dressed more than
simply.
她的穿着简朴得近乎寒酸。
You have already more than repaid me.
你回报我的已大大超过我
对你的帮助。
You
must be
more
than
careful
with the
precision instruments in
doing
experiments.
做实验时对精密仪器你要十分小心。
Her performance was more than good;
it
’
s perfect.
她的表
演十
分精彩，简直就是完美无缺。
I
was more than surprised; I was astonished.
我不是一般的吃惊，
而是震惊。
She speaks French more than fluently.
她法语讲得十分流利。
The teacher was more than pleased with
what you
’
ve said.
老
师对你的回答非常满意。
I
’
m more than
glad to hear the good news.
听到这个好消息，我
非常高兴。
He more than kept his promise.
他严格遵守自己的诺言。
4.
more than
后跟从句，相当于
not only, o
ver
等，表示“不仅仅
是……、超过……、难以……、，简直
不能……”等，从句中常用
can
或
c
ould
。例如：
The hurt
and pain were more than he could stand.
他无法承受那
些伤害和痛苦。
The cold was more than the children
could bear.
天气冷得孩子
们受不。
How he manages to live is more than I
can tell.
他是如何生活
的，我猜不透。
It
’
s more than
flesh and blood can bear.
此非血肉之躯所能忍
受。
二
. more
than
的否定结构
more
than
的否定结构是
no more
than
和
not more than
，但两者意
义和用法各不相同。
no
more
than
后跟名词或数词，
相当于
only
，
表示
“仅
仅、只有”，含有嫌少的感情色彩；而
not more than
后跟名词或数词，
相当于
at
most, no
less than
，表示“至多、不超过”，不含嫌少的感情
色彩。例如：
We
’
ve learned no
more than 9 lessons this term.
本学期我们只
学了
9
课课文。（含有嫌少的感情色彩）<
/p>
We
haven
’
t learned more than 9
lessons this term.
本学期我们
至多学了
9
课课文。（客观叙述，不含嫌少的感情色彩）
There were not more than 70
students in the classroom then.
当
时教室里至多有
70
个学生。
We haven
’
t
studied more than 3 English books.
我们至多
学了
3
本英语书。
He has no more than 5 pounds.
他只有
5
英镑。
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