| 释义 |
than /ðæn， 弱 ðən， ðn/ conj. | prep. | phr.
I conj.
1. [用于形容词、副词的比较级之后]比
Cars are faster than they were 50 years ago. 现在的汽车比50年前的跑得快。
He swims faster than I run. 他游水比我跑步还快。
She is younger(older) than she looks. 她年纪比她看上去的模样轻(老)。
You do it far better than he (does it). 你做这事远比他好。
I have no more faithful friend than he (is). 我没有比他更忠实的朋友。
She is healthier than (she has) ever (been). 她比以前任何时候都更健康。
He smoked more expensive cigarettes than he could afford. 他抽的香烟其价钱之贵是他买不起的。
A shower uses less water than a bath. 淋浴比盆浴用水少。
We arrived in London three days earlier than planned. 我们比原来的计划早3天到达伦敦。
I know better than to believe such a man. 我不至于会相信这样一个人的。
I am much happier than if I were rich. 即使我有了钱，也远不见得像现在这样幸福。
She was fatter than when he last saw her. 她比他上次见到时胖了。
The group contains a larger than normal number of women (或 a larger number of women than normal). 该小组内的妇女多于正常名额。
I know you better than she (does). 我比她更了解你。
I know you better than (I know) her. 我对你比对她更了解。
[注意：在口语中，than 后的代词作主语时常用宾格代替主格，如： He draws better than me; 若 than 后的代词随有 all 时，此代词一般需用宾格，如： He draws better than us all; 但如 than 后的代词与动词连用，此代词应用主格，如： He draws better than we do. 又如： You are older than I am. 另外，than 后的代词用宾格作主语时，than 亦可视为介词]
2. [用于 else, other 等之后]除…(外)
He did nothing else than smile. 他仅微笑而已。
Your failure was due to nothing else than your own carelessness. 你的失败完全是由于你自己的粗心大意。
How else can we come than by train? 除了坐火车之外我们还可以坐什么来呢?
He has been to every other province than Gansu. 除了甘肃之外，他到过每一个省。
He could not have behaved otherwise than he did. 他本来就只能这样行事。
She couldn't do otherwise than love him. 她唯有爱他。
3. [用于 rather, sooner 之后]与其…(宁愿…)
Rather (或 Sooner) than travel by air, he'd prefer a week on a big liner. 与其坐飞机旅行，他倒宁愿坐一周的巨型班轮。
We would do anything rather than let him get hurt (或 rather than that he should get hurt). 我们愿尽一切努力，不让他受到伤害。
4. 〈口〉[用于 scarcely, hardly, barely 之后，表示时间]就
Scarcely (或 hardly, barely) had I arrived than she started complaining. 我刚到达，她就诉起苦来了。
II prep.
1. 〈书〉比
He is a man than whom no one is more fit for this job. 他是最适宜担任这项工作的人。
2. [后接计量数目]超过
He weighs more than 180 pounds. 他体重超过180磅。
This car goes faster than 100 miles per hour. 这辆汽车的时速超过100英里。
[<OE thanne than, then, when; 与 Ger dann, denn, Goth than 有关；见THEN] phr. no more than 仅仅，只是 It is no more than a beginning. 这仅仅是个开端。He was no more than a shop assistant. 他不过是名售货员。What I want to do is no more than this. 我想做的无非就是这件事。none other than 见 other
no other than [加强语气用]
1. 除…外没有，只有
The beaten enemy had no other choice than to surrender. 被打败的敌人只得投降。
2. 正是，就是
It is no other than this. (不是其他)正是这个。
It was no other than my best friend. 这(不是别人)正是我的最好朋友。 |