More than系列词组.docx

More than系列词组 1. more than More than系列词组 a.<口> 非常，极其 They were willing to help. Rainsford was more than ready to leave the island at once. b.超出的 Some of the stories were really could be believed. 2. more than 与其倒不如 The child was more frightened than hurt. He always seemed old to me, more like a grandfather than a father. 3no more than至多，不超过，仅仅 cost sb. one dollar a week Before long her white sails were no more than a speck on the waters. It is no more than a beginning. 4. no more than a. 同一样不 Hes no more able to read Spanish than I am. The whale is no more a fish than the horse is. Chairman Mao is no more a god than we are. 毛主席和我们一样都不是神。 b. 毫不，根本不 His case is no more serious than yours. 他的情况一点也不比你的严重。 We went no further than the bridge. 我们走到桥边就不再往前了。 She is feeling no better than yesterday. 她并不觉得比昨天有所好转。 5. no/ not .any more than 同一样不 You can not change their nature any more than you can make leopards change their spots. 你无法改变他们的本性就如同你无法让猎豹改变它们身上的斑点一样。 Fat can not change into muscle any more than muscle changes into fat. 6. more of a. 更大程度上的 He is more of a poet than a musician. He is now more of a hypocrite than ever before. 他现在比以前更虚伪了。 b. 更多的 Id suggest you make more of an effort to find him. Hed like to see more of her. 他希望更常见到她。 7. not more than a. 至多，不超过 not more than five b. not so/ as as 不比更 eg. The new edition is not more expensive than the old edition. She is not more clever than her sister is. 她没有她姐姐那样聪明. 8. no less than = as much/ many as 和一样多 no less than = as as 不比差 - He is no less clever than his sister. not less than: perhaps more than (也许比更) She is not less cleverer than her sister.她的聪慧至少不比她姐姐差/她也许比她姐姐更聪明。 John is no less hardworking than his sister but he failed in the exam. 9. know better than (to do) 很懂得，有头脑，明事理 I know better than to believe such a man. You should know better than to go swimming right after eating. Now that you are grown-ups, you should know better than to worry your parents. 10. not so much as 与其说是A不如说是B；不如那么多 I have not seen so much of the world as he. It wasnt so much the clothes as the man himself who impressed immediately. They were not so much islands as sandbars. It is not so much the language as the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand. 11. as much as 表示同等程度的比较 Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner as much as to the professor. eg. It is as much our responsibility as yours. I have experienced as much pleasure as pain. 12. no better than 实际上和。一样 He is no better than a thief. The settlement is considered to be no better than fair.那样的解决被认为不过如此而已。 13. other than a. 不同于，非 The truth is quite other than what you think. She performed other than perfectly. 她的表演远非尽善尽美。 b. 除了 Theres nobody here other than me. She can hardly be other than grateful. 她除了感激之外还能怎么样呢？ The cake has too much sugar in it, but other than that, its OK. 14. rather than 是而不是 We should praise him rather than punish him for his courageous action. 15. none other than 不是别的，正是 Its none other than the manager (himself). 16. no other than a.除之外没有，只有 The beaten enemy had no other choice than to surrender. b.正是，就是It was no other than my best friend. It is no other than this. 正是这个。 17. than作关系代词的用法,用在比较级形容词所修饰的名词(先行词)之后 -Children should not have more money than is needed. 孩子们不应该有比他们实际需要的更多的钱。此句中than代替先行词money，在从句中做主语，或者可以理解为“than what” -Fewer people than we had expected were present. 出席的人数比我们预料的更少。 此处关系代词than做动词 had expected的宾语 The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great deal more luxurious than is necessary. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than exists in the public mind today. Eg. More is meant than meets the ear. 话里有话。