托福语法精汇More than的用法篇

●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。