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flesh and blood can bear. 此非血肉之軀所能忍受。二. more than的否定結構more than的否定結構是no more than和not more than,但兩者意義和用法各不相同。no more than后跟名詞或數(shù)詞,相當于only,表示“僅僅、只有”,含有嫌少的感情色彩;而not more than后跟名詞或數(shù)詞,相當于at most, no less than,表示“至多、不超過”,不含嫌少的感情色彩。例如:We’ve learned no more than 9 lessons this term. 本學期我們只學了9課課文。(含有嫌少的感情色彩)We haven’t learned more than 9 lessons this term. 本學期我們至多學了9課課文。(客觀敘述,不含嫌少的感情色彩)There were not more than 70 students in the classroom then. 當時教室里至多有70個學生。We haven’t studied more than 3 English books. 我們至多學了3本英語書。He has no more than 5 pounds. 他只有5英鎊。The theatre was no more than a painted barn. 所謂戲院,不過是一個刷了漆的倉庫而已。三. more … than的用法 1. more … than的基本用法在more … than結構中,more是much或many的比較級,修飾形容詞、副詞、介詞、動詞或名詞,相當于greater, in a greater degree,表示“比……更”,其前可以受a lot, much, many, far, by far, a little, a bit, still等修飾,比較的兩部分并不要求用完全相同的詞類。例如:Sound travels much more slowly than light. 聲音比光的傳播慢得多。You get more tired when you lift a heavy load than a light one. 挑東西多比挑東西少累人。Iron is more useful than gold. 鐵比金子更有用。The emperor cares more for new clothes than for anything else. 皇帝喜歡新衣服勝過其它任何東西。She is more of a poet than he is. 她比他更有詩人氣質。2. more … than的特殊用法 more … than后跟形容詞、副詞、動詞、名詞等,一般情況下,要求more后部分和than后部分詞類相同,但偶爾也有例外。表示“與其說…