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moreHmC:5, $mC:rdeterminer, pronoun, adv [not gradable]a larger or extra number or amount (of)更多She kept on asking if I wanted more (food).她不停地问我是否想要更多食物。The doctors can't cope with any more patients.医生们无法再应付更多病人。Why are there no more seats left?为什么没有多余的座位了？Add some more cream to the sauce.往调味汁里多加点奶油。You need to listen more, and talk less!你需要多听，少说！More people live in the capital than in the whole of the rest of the country.住在首都的人要比住在整个这个国家其它地区的人多。We spent more time (= longer) on the last job than usual.在上一份工作中我们花了比平时更多的时间。The noise was more than I could bear.我实在无法忍受那个噪声了。Disneyworld was a hundred times more fun than I'd expected.迪斯尼乐园比我想象的要有趣一百倍。Their beliefs are more Christian than Buddhist (= have a larger number of Christian characteristics than Buddhist ones).他们的信仰基督教的成分要比佛教的多。More is used to form the comparative of many adjectives and adverbs.更，更加Let's find a more sensible way of doing it.让我们找一个更明智的方式来做。You couldn't be more wrong.你大错特错了。He finds physics far/much more difficult than other science subjects.他发现物理远比其它科学课程更难。Play that last section more passionately.演奏最后一部分要更加热情。More is also used to emphasize the largeness of something.更大程度地，更大范围内More than 20 000 demonstrators crowded into the square.两万多示威者挤在广场中。Each diamond was worth ￡10 000 or more. 每一颗钻石都值一万英镑或一万以上。(fml) If you say that you couldn't agree/disagree more, or you couldn't like/dislike something more, you mean that you agree/disagree completely, or like/dislike something completely.完全同意/不同意; 完全喜欢/不喜欢I couldn't agree with you more, Professor.我完全同意你，教授。No/Not more is used to emphasize the smallness of something.至多，不超过There's about 20 kilos here, not more.这里至多大约有20公斤。It's no more than an inch long.这至多不过一英寸长。Can you play the song through once/twice more (= once/twice again), please?请你再演奏一次/两次那首歌，好吗？Several publishers rejected her book, but that just made her all the more determined (= increased her determination).几个出版商拒绝接受她的书，但那只是使她更加坚决。He won the race, and what's more (= additionally and more importantly), he broke the world record.他在跑步比赛中获胜，而且他打破了世界记录。I don't do yoga any more (= I no longer do it).我不再做瑜珈术了。It gets more and more (= increasingly) difficult to understand what is going on.要理解发生的事变得越来越困难了。(Br infml disapproving) If you say (the) more fool you to someone, you are saying that you think that what they have done or might do is foolish.你那样做真傻"I'm going to resign and try to find a better job." "More fool you."“我要辞职，再找份更好的工作。”“你这样做真傻。”(infml) People say that's more like it to show that they think something or someone has improved.那样好得多了，这才像话For this exercise don't bend your legs too far--that's more like it!做这个操时不要让你的腿太过弯曲，----这样好多了！She's more of a poet than a musician. (= She spends more time being or is better suited to being a poet than a musician.)与其说她是个音乐家还不如说她是个诗人。More often than not (= On most occasions), the computer comes up with the wrong answer.这台计算机多半总是给出一个错误的答案。The project was more or less (= mostly) a success.这项计划大体上是成功的。It's 500 kilos, more or less (= approximately).这大约500公斤。He more or less (= very nearly) admitted he'd done it.他几乎承认是他做的了。More than is also used to mean very.非常，极其It's more than likely that there's oil here under the ground.在这里的地下很可能有石油。(fml) I was more than a little (= I was very) curious about the whole business.我对整个事情非常好奇。(fml) We will be more than glad/happy/willing to help you in any way we can.我们会很高兴/愿意尽我们所能来帮助你。The more he insisted he was innocent, the less they seemed to believe him.他越坚持他是无辜的，他们似乎越不相信他。The more he drank, the more violent he became.他喝得越醉，越变得狂暴。Please bring as much food as you can--the more the better (= the more food you bring, the better it will be).请尽可能地多带食品，越多越好。Do come to the picnic--the more the merrier (= it will be more enjoyable if more people are there).请务必参加野餐，人越多越有趣。"Please, Sir. I want some more" (from the musical film Oliver based on Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist, 1968)“求求您，先生，我还想要点。”（根据查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》改编的音乐片《奥利弗》 ）
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