more than = over 多于,超过…一般放在数字的前面。more…than…比较级,比…更多。no more than 副词短语,仅仅,不超过,相当于just,merely。not more than 不超过,不多于。是more than 的否定形式。
more than等于什么
1、more than用在数词前,表示“超过,多于”,相当于over,如
He supervised and trained more than 400 volunteers.
他指导和培训了400多名志愿者。
He has been mugged more than once.
他已是不止一次被抢劫了。
It was the first time Jane and I had been apart for more than a few days.
那是我第一次和简分开数日。
More than 9,000 men lie buried here.
这里埋葬了9,000多人。
2、more than后接名词、动名词,表示“不仅仅是,不只是”,相当于over\not just\not only,如:
Marx's work was more than a critical study of capitalist production.
马克思的著作不仅仅是对资本主义生产的批判性研究。
Wood is used for more than building.木头不仅仅用于建筑。
Hibernation is more than sleep.冬眠不仅仅是睡眠。
3、more than后接动词、形容词、副词、介词短语,相当于very\much\especially,表示:很,非常,十分,更加等:
I’m more than delighted to tell you what I did to accumulate knowledge.我非常高兴和你们分享我是如何积累知识的。
You don't have to join in; there are more than enough people on the job already.
人够多了,您就不用插手了。
I’m more than glad to hear the good new.我非常高兴听到那个好消息。
They were more than happy to see us come back from the expedition.看到我们远征而归,他们异常高兴。
4、more than后接从句,相当于not only, over,含义是:不仅仅,超过,难以,简直不能;从句中常常有can\could,如:
The itching was almost more than he could stand.
他痒得几乎忍不住了。
I love you more than I can say.我爱你心口难开。
5、more than的否定形式:no more than(接名词、数词)=only;not more than(名词、数词)=at most,no less than,至多,不超过,不含嫌少的含义:
We’ve learned no more than 10 lessons this term.
这学期我们只学了10篇课文。(含有嫌少等意思)
We’ve learned no more than 10 lessons his term.
这学期我们至多学了10篇课文。(不含嫌少的意思)
All his education added up to no more than one year.
他接受的所有的学校教育只有一年。
Their new flat has no more than 60 square metres.
他们的新居只有60平方米。
more than的反义词
less than与more than意思相反,主要用法有:
1、用于两者比较,意为“比……少(小)”;
例如:
I earn less than he does.
我比他钱挣得少。
She eats less than a bird.
她的食量比小鸟还少。
2、指数量上“少于”“不足”;
例如:
It costs less than£5.
这值不了5英镑。
I’ll see you in less than three weeks.
要不了3周我就能再见到你了。
3、表示轻微的否定,意为“不很”“并不是太”(主要见于美国英语中)。
例如:
The job was less than perfect.
这工作不十分理想。
The boys were less than happy about having a party.
开晚会男孩子并不很高兴。
no less than
1、表示“多达”“有……之多”,用于强调数量之多;
例如:
No less than a thousand people came.
来的人竟然有上千人之多。
He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.
他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
2、表示“简直”“与……没差别”;
例如:
It is no less than robbery to ask for so much.
要求多么多,简直跟抢劫没两样。
Sports wears, no less than suits, are very much saleable.
运动服和西服套一样,非常畅销。
3、表示“原来就是”“正是”;
例如:
He was no less than the mayor.
他原来就是市长。
Good heavens! It’s no less a person than the president!
天哪!原来真是总统啊!一点儿不假。
more than和more…than的区别
1、表达意思不同。more than:比…更;超出需要;超乎寻常。more…than:多于;超出;比……多;不止。
2、用法不同。more than:后接数词、名词、动词或从句。more…than: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。
例句
1、That's more than enough.
2、No more than three.
3、More than 300 enterprises provide more than 3,000 vacancies.
4、Care corrode more than poison.
5、Is nineteen more than eighteen?
6、Hibernation is more than sleep.
7、Diet cures more than doctors.
8、BPM is more than automation.
9、Christ's life was more than His teaching, more than His work, more even than His death.
10、Smile more than you cry, give more than you take, and love more than you hate.
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