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e. 與其說喬治言語放肆,不如說他聰穎過人。例如:He is more dead than alive. 與其說他還活在人世,不如說他是行尸走肉。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。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。Iron is more useful than gold. 鐵比金子更有用。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。Sound travels much more slowly than light. 聲音比光的傳播慢得多。三. more … than的用法 1. more … than的基本用法在more … than結(jié)構(gòu)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(dāng)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。He has no more than 5 pounds. 他只有5英鎊。(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(dāng)時教室里至多有70個學(xué)生。例如:We’ve learned no more than 9 lessons this term. 本學(xué)期我們只學(xué)了9課課文。二. more than的否定結(jié)構(gòu)more than的否定結(jié)構(gòu)是no more than和not more than,但兩者意義和用法各不相同。How he manages to live is more than I can tell. 他是如何生活的,我猜不透。例如:The hurt and pain were more than he could stand. 他無法承受那些傷害和痛苦。He more than kept his promise. 他嚴(yán)格遵守自己的諾言。The teacher was more than pleased with what you’ve said. 老師對你的回答非常滿意。 I was astonished. 我不是一般的吃驚,而是震驚。 it’s perfect. 她的表演十分精彩,簡直就是完美無缺。You must be more tha