More than的用法好多種

簡簡單單的“morethan”，用法可多呢！

下麪是些好例子：

●　A. “Morethan＋名詞”表示“多於……”、“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”等於“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”後麪的而否定“than”後麪的，約等於“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，如：

19）　　More offen than not （經常），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（非常關心）the current economic problems.

縂之，“more than”看似簡單，其實很有內涵，味道雋永。