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比较结构的翻译（II） no+形容词/副词比较级+than的用法其意义和口气在于强调该形容词或副词的反面性质，通常意为“……和……一样……” Experts say that the shock suffered by a sleepwalker suddenly awakened is no greater than that suffered in waking up to the noise of an alarm clock. 专家们说，梦游患者被人突然叫醒时所受到的惊扰，跟人们被闹钟唤醒时所受到的惊扰一样小。 It is no worse than the last exercise. 它跟上次练习同样好。 Mr. McWhorer’s academic specialty is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English. McWhorter先生的学术研究方向是语言历史和演变，他将诸如whom这类词汇的逐步消亡看做是正常的事，与古英语尾格的消失一样不值得惋惜。 Sunlight is no less necessary than fresh air to a healthy condition of body. 日光和新鲜空气对于身体健康都是不可或缺的。 2.No more/less…than+语句的用法 A. no more … than+语句 可译为“……不……，如同（就像）……一样不……”，注意than后面的语句在形式上是肯定的，但在意义上是否定的。 We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. 我们不创造幸福就无权享受幸福，正如不创造财富就无权享受财富一样。 B. No less…than+语句可译为“……就像……”或“……和……一样”，它表达的含义和“no more…than+语句”正相反，既肯定前项，也肯定后项。 A whale is no less a mammal than a horse is 鲸鱼和马一样也是哺乳动物。 C. not … any more than是no more …than的强调形式 But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. 但是，他（普通科学家）的首要任务并不是考虑支配自己行动的道德规范，就如同不能指望商人专注于探索行业规范一样。 D. 需要说明的情况 More作限定词或名词短语的中心词时, “no more … than + 语句”常常表示“和……一样少，仅仅跟……一样多” I have no more money than you are. 我的钱和你的一钱一样少。 Ted got no more of the votes than he needed. 特德仅仅获得他所需要的选票。 3. more/less A than B 的用法 A. more A than B意为“与其说B，不如说A” That Potter lives is due more to my errors, than to his triumphs. 那个哈利·波特能活到现在，与其说是他的胜利，不如说是我的过失。 If their performance is adequate, most are more likely to get promoted just by staying on the force a certain years than for some specific outstanding act. 如果表现很到位的话，他们大多数人都可能得到提拔，这与其是说因为有一些具体杰出一表现，还不如说是因为在这个岗位待了若干处了。 B. less A than B和more A than B意思相反，意为“与其说A，不如说B” He was less