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。

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) more.

than 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。





(2) less.

than 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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