more than 与less than的用法比较
1. more than 的主要用法是:
① (指数量)多于:
I’ve known him for more than twenty years. 我已认识他20多年了。
② 不只是,不仅仅是(通常后接名词、动词、从句等):
He is more than a father to her. 他待她胜过父亲。
less is more是谁提出的He more than smiled, but laughed. 他不只是微笑,而是放声大笑。
The result was much more than I imagined. 结果远远超过我的想像。
③ 极其,非常(通常后接形容词、副词或分词等):
She was more than kind to us. 她对我们很友好。
He was more than upset by the accident. 这个意外事故使他非常心烦意乱。
④ 难以,完全不能(其后通常连用情态动词 can):
That is more than I can tell (=I can’t tell that). 那事我实在不明白。
2. less than 的主要用法是:
① (指数量)不到,不足:
It’s less than a mile to the station. 去车站不到一英里。
In less than an hour he finished the work. 没要上一个小时他就做完了工作。
② 比…(小)少:
Two is less than Three. 二比三小。
She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少。
③ 一点也不:
He was less than helpful when we arrived. 我们到达时他一点也不帮忙。
3. more …than 与 less…than
(1) han 的主要用法:
① 比…多,比…更:
He has more books than me. 他的书比我多。
He is more careful than the others. 他比其他人更仔细。
② 与其…不如:
He is more lucky than clever. 与其说他聪明,不如说他幸运。
He is more (a) scholar than (a) teacher. 与其说他是位教师,不如说是位学者。
【注】该句型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,其中的比较级必须用加 more的形式,不能用加词尾 -er 的形式。(from 168)
(2) han 的主要用法是:
① 不像(如):
He is less honest than his brother. 他不如他哥哥诚实。
② 比…少,不如…多:
We drink less coffee than tea. 我们喝咖啡不如喝茶多。
I got less money than the others did. 我比别人得到的钱少。
③ 与其…不如…:
I regard him less as my teacher than as my friend. 与其说我把他当作老师,不如说我是把他当作朋友。
【注】表示此义时可与 more…than结构替换(但要注意词序的变化):
He is less a teacher than an expert. / He is more an expert than a teacher. 与其说他是老师,不如说他是专家。
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