英语讲义(171)Morethan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。