-
no more than
表示
“
还不如
……
没强哪去，
没
多哪去
”
比较的双方都不多或者不好，
有贬义。
no less than
也是类似的意思，多含感情色彩
有时褒有时贬，要看上下文
less
than
和
more
than
无褒贬义，只是客观陈述少于
not more than
和
not less than
也是只是
more/less than
的否定
客观陈述不多于
no more than
和
no
less than
多用于描述，而非比较。
1
、
more than
①
(
指数
量
)
多于：
I
’
ve known him
for more than twenty years.
我已认识他
20
多年了。
②
不只是，不仅仅是
(
通常后接名词、动词、从句等
)
：
He is more than a
father to her.
他待她胜过父亲。
He more than smiled, but laughed.
他
不
只
是
微
笑
，
而
是
放
声
大
笑。
The result was much more than I
imagined.
结果远远超过我的想像。
③
极其，非常
(
通常后接形容词、副词或分词等
)
：
She was more than kind to
us.
她对我们很友好。
He
was more than upset by the accident.
这个意外事故使他非常心烦意乱。
④
难以，完全不能
< br>(
其后通常连用情态动词
can)
：
That is
more than I can tell (=I
can
’
t tell that).
那事我实在不明白。
More
than +
名
词
表
示
“
多
于
?
?
”
、
“
非
但
?
?
尤
其
是<
/p>
”
如
:
Modern science is more than a large
amount of information.
Jason is
more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.
More than +
数词
含“以上”或“不止”之意，
如：
I have known David for
more than 20 years.
Let
‘
s carry out the test
with more than the sample copy.
More
than +
形容词
表示“很”或“非常”的意思，
如：
In doing scientific
experiments, one must be more than careful with
the instruments.
I assure you I am more than glad to
help you.
肯
定
“
more
”
后
面
的
而
否
定
“
than
”
后
面
的
，
表
示
是
“
与
其
说
?
?
不
如
?
?
”
，
如：
The
difference between pure linguistics and applied
linguistics is more apparent than real.
This book seems to be more a manual than a text.
More than
或
More...
than...
＋含“
can
”的分句
时表示“否定意”
，
如：
That's more than I can
do.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
另
外
，“
mo
re than
”
也
在
惯
用
语
中
，
如
：
More offen
than not
（
经
常
），
people tend to pay attention to
what they can take rather than what they can give.
1)
用于数词
(
或相当于数词的词之前
),
作
多于、大于
解。
如
: More than one man was
killed.
被杀害的不止一人。
2)
作
非常
,
极其
解。如
: He is more than pleased.
他非常高兴。
They were
more than willing to help.
他们非常愿意帮忙。
3)
作
超出??的
解。
如
: I
more than saw it, I felt it too.
我不仅仅是看
见了它
,
我都感觉到它了
!
This is more than I can tell.
那我就不知道了。
2. less
than
①
(
指数量
)
不到，不足：
It
’
s less than a
mile to the station.
去车站不到一英里。
In
less than an hour he finished the work.
没要上一个小时他就做完了工作。
②
比?
(<
/p>
小
)
少：
Two is less than Three.
二比三小。
She eats
less than she should.
她吃得比她应该吃的少。
③
一点也不：
He was
less than helpful when we arrived.
我们到达时他一点也不帮忙。
more
?
than
与
less
?
than
(1)
more...than
的主要用法：
①
比?多，比?更：
He has
more books than me.
他的书比我多。
He is more careful than the others.
他比其他人更仔细。
②
与其?不如：
He is
more lucky than clever.
与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。
He is more (a) scholar than (a)
teacher.
与其说他是位教师，不如说是位学者。
【注】
该句型主要用于同一个人或物在两个不同性质或特征等方
面的比较，
其中的比较级必
须用加
more
的形式，不能用加词尾
-er
的形式。
more...than
常用形式为
:
more X than
Y
相当于
等
,
作
与其说是
Y
不如说是
X
解。
He is more a scholar than a teacher.
与其说他是位教师毋宁说他是位学者。
He is more brave than wise.
他有勇无谋。
在使用此结构时
,
要注意其与
等结
构用
法的区别。
如
:He lay rather than sat in
his armchair.
与其说他是坐在扶手椅里不如说是躺在里边。
Oceans don't so much divide the world
as unite it.
与其说海洋分隔了世界
,
不如说海洋连接世界
(2)
less...than
的主要用法是：
①
不像
(<
/p>
如
)
：
He
is less honest than his brother.
他不如他哥哥诚实。
②
比?少，不如?多：
I got less
money than the others did.
我比别人得到的钱少。
③
与其?不如?：
I regard
him less as my teacher than as my friend.
< br>与其说我把他当作老师，不如说我是把他当
作朋友。
【注】表示此义时可与
more
?<
/p>
than
结构替换
(
但要注意词序的变化
)
：
He is less a teacher than an expert. /
He is more an expert than a teacher.
与其说他是老师，不如
说他是专家
The
child was less hurt than frightened.
这孩
子伤倒不算什么
,
只是受惊不小。
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