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THAN serves multiple functions: as a preposition for comparisons, as a conjunction for preferences or sequential events, and in idiomatic expressions.

THAN有多种用法。作为介词,用于比较。作为连词,用于表示偏好和事物先后发生。也用于构成固定搭配。

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[PREP 介词](用于形容词、副词的比较级之后,连接比较对象)比 You use than after a comparative adjective or adverb in order to link two parts of a comparison.
  [compar PREP group]
  [compar CONJ cl]
  • The radio only weighs a few ounces and is smaller than a cigarette packet...

    这台收音机重量仅为几盎司,比香烟盒还小。

  • Indian skins age far more slowly than American or Italian ones.

    印度人的皮肤比美国人或意大利人的皮肤衰老得慢得多。

  • Than is also a conjunction.
    • He wished he could have helped her more than he did...

      他真希望当初能给予她更多的帮助。

    • Sometimes patients are more depressed six months later than when they first hear the bad news.

      有时,病人 6 个月后比最初听到坏消息时情绪更低落。

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[PREP 介词](数目、数量、价值等)比…(多、少、重要或次要等) You use than when you are stating a number, quantity, or value approximately by saying that it is above or below another number, quantity, or value.
  [more/less PREP n]
  • They talked on the phone for more than an hour.

    他们在电话里谈了一个多小时。

  • ...the three-match Test series in England, starting in less than two months time...

    再过不到两个月就要在英格兰开始的三场制国际板球对抗赛

  • Head teachers yesterday demanded a nine per cent rise, more than twice the rate of inflation.

    校长们昨天要求增加 9% 的工资,这个比例是通货膨胀率的两倍多。

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[CONJ-COORD 连词]与其说,而不是(连接对比的对象,以表示优先考虑等) You use than in order to link two parts of a contrast, for example in order to state a preference.
  • The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations...

    这一协定与其说体现了两个国家之间真正的伙伴关系,还不如说是一种形式。

  • I would rather stare at a clear, star-filled sky than a TV set...

    我宁可凝视繁星满天的晴朗夜空也不愿盯着电视机。

  • I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class.

    我宁肯不睡觉也不愿错过夜校的课。

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easier said than done→see:
easy
; less than→see:
less
; more than→see:
more
; more often than not→see:
often
; other than→see:
other
; rather than→see:
rather

    Oxford than / ðən ; NAmE ðən / / rare strong form ðæn ; NAmE ðæn / preposition , conjunction 1 used to introduce the second part of a comparison (用以引出比较的第二部份)比 I'm older than her. 我比她年龄大。 There was more whisky in it than soda. 那里面的威士忌比苏打水多。 He loves me more than you do. 他比你更爱我。 It was much better than I'd expected. 这比我预料的要好得多。 You should know better than to behave like that. 你应当明白事理,不该那么不懂规矩。 I'd rather email than phone, if that's OK by you. 如果你认为可以的话,我想发电邮而不打电话。 2 more/less/fewer, etc. ~ used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc. (比较数量、距离等)多于,小于,少于 It never takes more than an hour. 所用的时间从不会超过一个小时。 It's less than a mile to the beach. 离海滩不足一英里远。 There were fewer than twenty people there. 那里有不到二十个人。 3 used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another (表示一事紧跟另一事发生)就 No soonerhad I sat down thanthere was a loud knock on the door. 我刚坐下就有人大声敲门。 Hardlyhad we arrived thanthe problems started. 我们刚到,问题就来了。 IDIOMsee
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    than / ðən ; NAmE ðən /
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    thanthan /ðən; strong ðæn/ ●●● S1 W1 conjunction, preposition
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    1used when comparing two things, people, situations etc:  Natalie was prettier than her sister. You need that money more than I do. There were more people there than I expected. If it costs more than $60, I won’t buy it. She had woken even earlier than usual. Divorce is more common than it was a generation ago.2other than except for a particular person or thing:  We never go to church other than for funerals and weddings. We know he lived in Fleet Road, but other than that we don’t know much about him.3would rather/would sooner ... than used to say that you prefer one thing to another:  I’d rather drive than go by train. She said she’d rather die than live in the city.4no sooner/hardly had ... than used to say that one thing happens immediately after another thing:  No sooner had I got into the house than the phone rang. Hardly had they reached Edinburgh than they were ordered to return to London.
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    conj.比(用于形容词、副词的比较级之后);除…外(用于other等之后);与其…(用于 rather等之后);一…就(用于 no sooner等之后)
    prep.比;超过
    n.(Than)人名;(老、柬、德)坦;(缅)丹

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