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more /mɔː(r)/ a. | n. | ad. | phr. I a. 1. (many 和 much 的比较级)更大的,较大的;更多的,较多的;更大程度的;更重要的 There are more cars on the roads in summer than in winter. 夏天公路上的汽车要比冬天多。 Do you spend more time teaching or doing research? 你花在教学上的时间多还是花在科研上的时间多? There is more truth in it than you think. 其中的真实性比你们想象的要大。 make more progress 取得更大的进步 2. 另外的;附加的;进一步的 One more word. (或 One word more.) 还有一句话要说。 More guests arrived. 又有一些客人到了。 They need more food. 他们还需要些食物。 Can I have more time to answer your questions? 我可以考虑一下以后再回答你的问题吗? Would you like some more soup? 您要不要再喝点汤? More discussion seems pointless. 再讨论看来毫无意义。
II [单复同] n. 1. 较大数,较多量;较大程度 forty years and (或 or) more 40多年 The price is more than I thought. 价格比我原先想象的要高。 More is expected of him. 人们对他抱有更大的期望。 2. [用作复]更多的人(或可数的事物) More will attend this year than ever before. 今年将有比以往任何时候更多的人参加。 3. 额外的数目,另外的一些 If you stay at that hotel, you'll have to pay a little more. 如果你要住那家旅馆,你得再付一些钱。 Take some more. 再吃点罢。(或:再拿一些好了。) Tell me more about your trip. 再告诉我一些你旅行中的事。 4. 更重要的事 His report is more than a survey. 他的报告不仅仅是一份调查。 5. 〈废〉[总称]上级
III ad. 1. [用以构成多数两音节以上形容词或副词的比较级]更 be more beautiful 更美丽 I could not disagree more strongly. 我最强烈地表示不同意。 2. (much 的比较级)更多;更大程度地;更大范围内 He'll never be a good games player if he doesn't practise more. 如果他不更多地进行训练便将永远成不了一个好运动员。 The books that are true to life will attract them more. 忠实于生活的书对他们会有更大的吸引力。 3. 再;另外;进一步地 Take one step more. 再走一步。 Read it once more, please. 请把这东西再念一遍。 I could not have agreed more. 我完完全全同意。 4. 而且 It is a good plan; more, it is easy to carry out. 这是一个好计划,而且容易实行。 [< OE māra; 与 OE mā, OHG mēr, OIr mōr large 有关] phr. all the more 更加,越发,格外 It bewildered him all the more. 这越发使他迷惑了。and what is more [常用作插入语]更重要的是,更有甚者,而且 You've come late for school, and what's more you've lost your books. 你上学迟到,而且还丢了书。any more 1. 再,还 I haven't got the toys any more. 我再也没有得到过这种玩具了。2. 〈美方〉现在;从现在起 Any more, the difference between a white collar worker and a blue collar worker is simply a matter of shirt preference. 现在,白领工人和蓝领工人的不同只是看你喜欢哪种工作上衣而已。 more and more 1. 越来越多的 A spokesman said that more and more vehicles were taking to the highways every year. 一位发言人说每年有越来越多的车辆出现在公路上。2. 日益…,越来越… The public is more and more growing to respect efficiency. 公众正在日益重视效率。 He drove more and more slowly. 他车开得越来越慢了。 The play gets more and more exciting in the last few scenes. 这出戏的最后几场越来越紧张。 More is meant than meets the ear... 意在言外。 more of 1. 更大程度上的… He is more of a poet than a musician. 与其说他是个音乐家还不如说他是个诗人。 He is now more of a hypocrite than ever before. 他现在比以前更虚伪了。2. 更多的… I would suggest you make more of an effort to find them. 我建议你作更大的努力去设法找到他们。 He'd like to see more of her. 他希望更常见到她。 more often than not 见 often more or less 1. 或多或少,有点儿 He more or less thought it was his duty to tell me. 他或多或少认为告诉我是他的责任。 They were more or less willing to help. 他们多少愿意帮忙。 more or less regardless of consequence 多少有点不顾后果地 2. 大约;几乎 It is a mile, more or less, from his home to the school. 从他家到学校大约1英里。 The work's more or less finished. 这项工作差不多已完成了。 more so 在更大程度上如此 more than 〈口〉 1. 非常,极其 They were more than willing to help. 他们非常愿意帮忙。 2. 超出…的 Some of the stories were really more than could be believed. 有些故事实在不能相信。 more ... than 与其…倒不如说 The child was more frightened than hurt. 这孩子的伤倒不算什么,只是受惊不小。 He always seemed old to me, more like a grandfather than a father. 我总感到他长相见老,更像祖父而不是父亲。 more than a little 〈书〉非常,十分 If you tell your father what you have done, he'll be more than a little angry. 如果你把你干的事告诉你父亲,他将大为恼火。 much more 更加,何况 neither more nor (或 or) less than 不多也不少恰好是…;简直就是… It's neither more nor less than absurd. 那简直荒谬。 never more 决不再 When we left on Monday, she hoped never more to set eyes on either of us. 我们星期一离开时,她希望永远不再见到我们两人中的任何一个。 no more 1. 不再 We saw him no more. 我们再也没有看到他。 2. 不复存在的;死去的 the future when privilege and class are no more 特权和阶级不再存在的未来 The old man is no more. 那老人亡故了。 3. 也不,也没有 He can't afford a new car, and no more can I.他买不起新汽车,我也一样。 no more than 1. 至多,不超过,仅仅 cost sb. no more than one hundred dollars a week 使某人每周最多花费100美元 Before long her white sails were no more than a speck upon the waters. 不久,她的白色篷帆只是海面上的一个小点而已。 2. 同…一样不 He's no more able to read Spanish than I am. 他和我都读不懂西班牙文。 not more than 1. 至多,不超过 not more than five 至多5个 2. 不比…更 The new edition is not more expensive than the old edition. 新版本不比旧版本贵。 The more, the merrier. 〈谚〉人越多,越开心。(常用来邀请或欢迎别人参加游戏等) the more ..., the more ... 越…,越… The more Bill worked on the arithmetic problem, the more confused he became. 这道算术题比尔愈做愈糊涂。 think more of 更在意于…,对…有更高的评价 |