托福語法點(diǎn)滴：More than的用法篇

　簡簡單單的“more than”，用法可多呢！下面是些好例子：

　　●　A. “More than＋名詞”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＋數(shù)詞”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＋形容詞”等于“很”或“非�！钡囊馑�，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，約等于“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”的分句時(shí)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...”的語義，也可用“not any more than...”來取代，因此 15 可以變成 16。

　　16)　　A learner cannot... any more than ...”同樣的， 17可以變成 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”也在一些慣用語中出現(xiàn)，如：

　　19)　　More offen than not （經(jīng)常），people tend to pay attention to what they can take rather than what they can give.

　　20)　　All of us are more th