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cannot grow without sunshine. 人沒(méi)有食物不能生存 , 植物沒(méi)有陽(yáng)光也不能生長(zhǎng) 。 (2)no less than...表示 “ 不亞于;多達(dá) ” 。 There are no less than five hundred people present at the New Year party. 出席新年晚會(huì)的有 500人之多 。 (3)not less than...表示 “ 不少于 ” There are not less than five hundred people present at the New Year party. 出席新年晚會(huì)的只有 500人 。 (出席的人不太多 ) (4)had better 最好 ?? Come, you had much better have the thing out at once. 來(lái) , 你最好把這東西弄出去 。 (5)less than 不到 The first steam lootive could have a top speed of only thirteen mph(miles per hour)and the great sailing ships of the time labored along at less than half that speed. 第一列蒸汽火車最快速度每小時(shí)只有 13英里 , 那時(shí)的大船還不到這個(gè)速度的一半 。 (6)little more than 差不多 The grain in their barn is little more than that of ours. 他們倉(cāng)庫(kù)的糧食跟我們的差不多 。 (7)more than 超過(guò) , 不止 I have waited for you for more than two hours. 我已經(jīng)等了你兩個(gè)多小時(shí) 。 (8)more or less 大體上 , 或多或少 The work is more or less 。 (9)other than 除了 They imposed no preconditions other than that the meeting should be held in their capital. 除了會(huì)議要在他們的首都開(kāi)之外 , 他們沒(méi)有提出任何先決條件 。 (10)rather than 而不是 , 與其 ?? 寧愿 ?? (rather than表示 “ 與其 ?? 寧愿 ??” 時(shí) , 如果位于句首引導(dǎo)句子 , 有虛擬的成分 , 相當(dāng)于 “ ...would rather than” , 所以 rather than 后面跟動(dòng)詞原形 ) Read what interests you; read what you have time for magazines and newspapers rather than novels. 讀你感興趣的東西 , 讀你有時(shí)間讀的東西 , 如雜志和報(bào)紙而不是小說(shuō) 。 6. 比較中的省略 (1)在 as...as 中 , as 從句可省略整個(gè)謂語(yǔ)部分 , 保留主語(yǔ) She sings as well as her sister. 她跟她姐姐唱得一樣好 。 (省去了 does) (2)可以省去部分謂語(yǔ) , 保留主語(yǔ)和 be, have 或助動(dòng)詞 Susan has done as much housework as you have.(省去了 done) 蘇珊跟你一樣已干完了家務(wù) 。 (3)可以省去主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ) , 只剩下?tīng)钫Z(yǔ) It is not as cold in Beijing as in Datong. 北京的天氣沒(méi)有大同冷 。 (4)than 從句也可以省去整個(gè)謂語(yǔ)部分 , 保留主語(yǔ) They say that blood is thicker than water, that our relatives are more important to us than others. 他們說(shuō)血濃于水 , 親屬對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)比其他人更重要 。 (5)than 從句省去部分謂語(yǔ) , 保留主語(yǔ)和 be, have 或助動(dòng)詞 。 The whitecollar workers earn more than the bluecollar workers 。 這時(shí) , 我們可以進(jìn)行倒裝 , 即將 than 后從句中的 be, have 或助動(dòng)詞移到該從句的前面 。 (6)than 從句可以省去主語(yǔ)和部分謂語(yǔ) , 保留賓語(yǔ) Grand