托福词汇之more than的用法

 第一、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.

　　第二， “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.

　　第三，“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.

　　第四，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 linguistics¹ and applied² linguistics is more apparent than real.

　　8) This book seems to be more a manual than a text.

　　9) Catherine is more diligent³ than intelli-gent.

　　10) Hearing the loud noise， the boy was more surprised than frightened.

　　第五，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.

　　第六，“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.

　　第七，“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.

1 linguistics   

n.语言学

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 diligent   

adj.勤勉的，勤奋的

参考例句：

• He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
• She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。