| 释义 |
Examples:on more than one occasion—competitive election (i.e. with more than one candidate)—taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish—a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold—do more than is required (idiom); superfluous—(literary) far more than—not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre—technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts—more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience—more than just the apparent meaning—The road means more than the destination.—variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)—ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)—more than one would wish—house with more than 1 story—(literary) be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time—lit. swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities—deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)—say more than is necessary—a sly individual has more than one plan fall back on [idiom.]—bite off more than one can chew [idiom.]—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)—fig. inciting people action is more effective than dispatching orders—The process is more beautiful than the outcome.—the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact—lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo [idiom.]—I have much more say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) [idiom.]—saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda [idiom.]— |