than的用法及短语 than的用法总结大全( 二 )


This secret is more than we can let out. 这个秘密我们是不能泄露的 。(主语 secret 是 let out 的逻辑宾语)
比较: less than 后面接形容词、副词时,意为“不;很少;不到”,具有否定意义 。例如:
a) We were busy and less than delighted to have company that day.
那天我们很忙,不高兴有客人来 。
b) The young man is less than twenty years old.
这个年轻人不到 20 岁 。
二、 more … than
1. more … than 意为“与其……不如……”;“是……而不是……”,常可与“ rather than ”或“ not so much … as ”互换使用 。例如:
He is more like a spear than anything else. = He is like a spear rather than anything else. = He is not so much like anything else as like a spear.
与其说他(指大象)像别的什么东西,不如说他像一根长矛 。
He is more poltroon than cautious.
与其说他谨慎,不如说他是怯懦 。
2. more … than 之后接含有 can 的从句时,同样表示否定意义 。例如:
Tom has more insolence than I can stand. = Tom''s insolence is more than I can stand.
汤姆的傲慢使我难以忍受 。
比较: less … than 意为“不像……;不是……” 。例如:
Joseph is less honest than his brother.
约瑟夫不像他兄弟那样诚实 。
三、 no more than 或 not any more than
两者的意思均为“只有;仅仅;不过( = only; just )”,前者多用于书面语,后者常用于口语 。例如:
Abraham Lincoln's whole school education added up to no more than one year.
亚伯拉罕·林肯所受的全部学校教育总共不过一年的时间 。
比较: no less than 意为“不少于;不下于……之多;多达…” 。例如:
In that battle, we wiped out no less than twenty thousand enemies.
在那一次战役中,我们消灭的敌人不下 20,000 人 。
四、 no more … than 或 not … any more than
1. 意为“和……一样地不……”,表示两者都否定,但说话人往往着重否定前面的一个分句,其作用相当于“ neither … nor ” 。例如:
Marry is no more diligent than Tom. = Neither Mary nor Tom is diligent. 玛丽和汤姆两个人都不勤奋 。
2. 意为“不……正如……不……一样”,常用来加重说话者的语气 。例如:
We can no more leave the Party than fish can leave water.
我们不能离开党,正如鱼儿离不开水一样 。
比较: no less … than 意为“(至少)和……一样” 。例如:
He is no less active than he used to be.
他和以前一样活跃 。
五、 not more than
not more than 常用于数词之前,意为“至多;顶多;不超过”,其意义与 at (the) most 相同 。例如:
There on some hay on the ground lay a peasant boy of not more than seventeen.
地面的干草上躺着一个农家孩子,最多不过 17 岁 。

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