英语讲义【171】More than的用法

简简单单的“more than”，用法可多呢！

　　下面是些好例子：

　　●　A. “More than＋名词”表示“多于……”、“非但……尤其是”如：
　　1）　　Modern science is more than a large amount of information.
　　2）　　Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.

　　●　B. “More than＋数词”含“以上”或“不止”之意，如：
　　3）　　 I have known David for more than 20 years.
　　4）　　Let's carry out the test with more than the sample copy.

　　●　C. “More than＋形容词”等于“很”或“非常”的意思，如：
　　5）　　In doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the instruments.
　　6）　　I assure you I am more than glad to help you.

　　●　D. 在“More……than……”中，肯定“more”后面的而否定“than”后面的，约等于“是……而不是……”如：
　　7）　　The difference between pure linguistics and applied linguistics is more apparent than real.
　　8）　　This book seems to be more a manual than a text.
　　9）　　Catherine is more diligent than intelli-gent.
　　10）　　Hearing the loud noise, the boy was more surprised than frightened.

　　●　E. “More than”或“More……than……”＋含“can”的分句时表示“否定意”，如：
　　11）　　That's more than I can do.
　　12）　　Don't bite off more than you can chew.
　　13）　　In delivering his lecture, Jason makes sure not to include more things than the students can understand.

　　●　F. “No more……than……”表示“不……；不如……”，如：
　　14）　　I can no more do that than anyone else.
　　15）　　A learner can no more obtain knowledge without reading than a farmer can get good harvest without ploughing.
　　“No more………than……”的语义，也可用“not any more than……”来取代，因此 15 可以变成 16.
　　16）　　A learner cannot…… any more than ……“同样的， 17可以变成 18：
　　17）　　Dr Hu is no more a poet than Dr Wu is a philosopher.
　　18）　　Dr Hu is not a poet any more than Dr Wu is a philosopher.

　　此外，“more than”也在一些惯用语中出现，如：

　　19）　　More offen than not （经常），people tend to pay attention to what they can take rather than what they can give.
　　20）　　All of us are more than a little concerned about（非常关心）the current economic problems.

　　总之，“more than”看似简单，其实很有内涵，味道隽永。