托福詞匯之more than的用法

　　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+數(shù)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.

　　第三，“More than+形容詞”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，約等于“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.

　　第五，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.

　　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.

　　第七，“more than”也在一些慣用語中出現(xiàn)，如：

　　19) More offen than not (經(jīng)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(guān)心)the current economic problems.