[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
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Oxford
than★/ðən; NAmEðən//rare strong formðæn; NAmEðæn/preposition,conjunction1★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。3used 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
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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