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一、More than的用法与翻译　　1.more than　　“more than”之后可接名词、动名词、动词、数词、形容词、副词等，有“不止、超过、胜过、多于、以上、很”等意思。如：　　He is more than a friend to me.他对我不止是一个朋友。　　We like football more than swimming.我们喜爱足球胜过游泳。　　I more than saw it, I felt too!我不仅仅看见了它，我都感觉到它了。　　The gain more than compensated for the loss.所得多于所失。　　They have known each other for more than 10 years。他们相识已有10多年了。　　I was more than pleased with my pay rise.I was over the moon.我对涨工资非常高兴。我简直乐上了天！　　She dresses more than simply.她衣着何止简朴而已。　　“more than”的用法不难掌握，但如果将“more than”分开变为“more...than...”，或是在其前面加上“not”或“no”，用法及意思就较为复杂，要准确地翻译出来也比较难。与之相对的词组是“less than”，其相应的形式也很复杂，只有真正掌握其结构及意思，才能准确地翻译出其真正的含义。　　2.more...than...　　当比较同一事物的两种特性或同一个人的两种不同性质时，其比较结构有三种：名词（或代词）＋动词be （或seem, look, appear）＋more＋形容词（无论是单音节词还是多音节词）＋than＋形容词：名词（或代词）＋动词be＋more of a＋名词＋than＋名词；名词（或代词）＋动词be＋more＋名词＋than十名词。而且，这里的“more”的意思等于“rather”。可翻译为“与其说……不如说……”，但应该先翻译“than”后面的，再翻译“more”后面的，是按逆序翻译。不过，也可按正常语序译为“是……而不是……”。如：　　She is more lazy than ill.与其说她病了，不如说她懒。　　He is more wise than clever.他与其说是精明不如说是贤明。　　John is more dating than quick-witted.与其说约翰脑子灵活，不如说他胆大。　　 His coat was more dark than grey.与其说他上衣是灰的，还不如说是黑的。　　 I am more timid than cautious.与其说我谨慎，不如说我胆小。　　 He is more of a statesman than a scholar.与其说他是个学者，还不如说他是个政治家。　　He is more a statesman than a scholar.他与其说是个学者，还不如说他是个政治家。　　It is more a poem than a picture.与其说它是幅画，不如说它是首诗。　　She is more graceful than beautiful.说她是美，毋宁说她有优雅的气质。　　That little girl is more shy than timid.那个小姑娘是害羞而不是胆怯。　　He was more lucky than clever.他是运气好，而不是聪明。　　He is more good than bad.他不是坏，而是好。　　3.not more than　　“not more than”等于“at most”，意思是“不超过、至多”。如：　　I have not more than five Yuan in my pocket.我口袋里至多五块钱。／我口袋里的钱不超过五块。　　There were not more than 5 factories in our city before liberation.解放前，我们市的工厂不超过5家。　　There are not more than thirty students in each class.每个班的学生人数都不超过三十人。　　4.not more...than...　　“not more...than...”的意思是“不比……更，不如”。如：　　He is not more clever than his brother.他没有他哥哥那样聪明。　　This book is not more interesting