more than 与more …than 短语在英语中使用得十分广泛。但其用法和意义并不简单，一不留神就可能用错。所以很多同学在做题的过程中遇到more和than的组合，就跟见到亲人一般，“唉呀老师，这个我认识啊，是‘多于’的意思”。每当此时，Stone老师总会向他们投以赞许的目光，“答得真对。那你就来试着翻译一下这几句话吧！”
He was more than seventy years old.
He more than smiled, but laughed.
They were more than glad to help.
That is more than I can tell.
He is more kind than honest.
唉，对，还是你！能用“多于”这个意思把这几句话翻译出来吗？能做到的话，那你也是个人才；做不到的话，就听Stone老师来聊聊傻傻分不清的more than和more ... than 吧！
一、more than
1.多于；……多；超过。强调某一事物在数量上超出一定的范围。后方常接数词，相当于over
Their college enrolled more than 5 hundrend new students this year.
他们学院今年招收了五百多名新生。
More than 2,000 people were killed in the earthquake.
地震中有2000多人遇难。
2.不只是；不仅仅。相当于not only或not just。后方接名词、动词或副词。
She is more than a teacher to us, she is our friend.
她不只是教师，她还是我们的朋友。
My trip to Beijing is more than sightseeing.
我去北京不仅仅是旅游观光。
Blood is much more than the simple fluid it seems to be.
血液不仅仅是一种外表似乎简单的液体。
3.很；非常；十分。相当于very。后方接形容词、副词、动词。
Her performance was more than good; it's perfect.
她的表演十分精彩，简直就是完美无缺。
The teacher was more than pleased with what you've said.
老师对你的回答非常满意。
4.难以；完全不能。常常要接从句，从句中常会出现can或could。（more than ... can / could）
I love you more than I can say.
爱你在心口难说。
The cold was more than the children could bear.
天气冷得孩子们受不了了。
The hurt and pain were more than he could stand.
他无法承受那些伤害和痛苦。
二、more ... than
1.比……更。这个其实就是多音节单词变比较级的句型。
Sound travels much more slowly than light.
声音比光的传播慢得多。
She is more outgoing than her sister.
她比姐姐更加的外向一些。
2.与其说……倒不如……；是……而不是……。一般来说，more和than连接的两部分词性相同。
She is more a singer than an actress.
与其说她是个演员，不如说是个歌手。
The boy is more diligent than clever.
与其说这男孩聪明，不如说他勤奋。
Dogs bark more for custom than fierceness.
狗叫主要是因为习惯，而不是生性凶狂。
三、其他的习惯用法
1.no more than 仅仅
She spent no more than fifty dollars on the coat.
2.not more than 最多。相当于at most
We can learn not more than twenty new words this week.
我们这周最多能学20个生词。
3.more than one / more+复数名词+than one（前者谓语动词用单数；后者谓语动词用复数）不止一个
More than one teacher has been to Australia in this college.
这所学院的教师中，不止一人去过澳大利亚。
More ships than one were damaged in the storm.
不止一艘轮船在这次暴风雨中受损。
4.no more ... than / not any more ... than 与……一样不；和……都不
Your picture is no more beautiful than his.
你的画和他的一样不怎么样。
He is no more a teacher than a worker.
他既不是教师，也不是工人。
5.not more ... than 不如……。相当于not so ... as。
This film is not more moving than that one.
这部电影不如那部感人。
6.no less than有……之多
No less than ten people were wounded in the accident.
在事故中有多达10人受伤。
7.not less than不少于
Not less than ten people were wounded in the accident.
在事故中受伤的人不少于10个。
8.more or less 或多或少
The work is more or less finished.
工作基本上完成了。
9.no more没有剩余的
He is very ill; I'm afraid he will soon be no more.
他病得很重，恐怕来日不多了。
10.once more 再一次
Say it once more.
再说一遍。
11.What's more 此外；而且
I missed the bus and had to walk home. What's more, it was raining and I got all wet.
我没赶上车，不得不走回家。而且那时还在下雨，我全身都湿透了。
12，sooner or later 迟早
You should tell her because she'll find out sooner or later.
你还是告诉她吧，因为她迟早会发觉的。
13.no sooner ... than 一……就
He had no sooner arrived than he was asked to leave again.
他刚到就又被支走了。
14.all the +比较级 格外……；越发……
He is all the happier for his poverty.
他因穷困而越发快乐。
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