词类 知识解 more than及相关词组的用法.doc

词类 知识讲解 more than及相关词组的用法 内容：老事，您能和我说说ratherthan，otherthan，morethan之间的区别么？谢！提交人：寻找四叶草tt 时间：7/28/2008 21:11:2 主题：well 内容： more than 结构 more than相当于over,表示“多于；超过”的意思。例如： More than 200 people had to be helped to safety when the stadium collapsed. 体育馆倒塌后，有200多人不得不被扶到安全地带。 more . than . 引导比较状语从句表示“比多；比更加或与其说倒不如说”的意思。例如： Many companies use computers more than they used to.许多公司比过去更多地使用电脑。 In some places bottled water costs more than a glass of beer.在有些地方瓶装水比一杯啤酒还贵。 Dont be too hard on him. Hes more cheated than stupid.别对他太苟刻了，与其说他愚蠢倒不如说他被欺骗了。 考题： Did you take enough money with you? No, I needed _ I thought I would. （2006全国卷） A. not so much as B. as much as C. much more than D. much less than 解析： C。本题考查比较级，因为前面有no提示，故应使用much more than结构，意为“比多得多”。 more than + 名词 / 动词 / 从句形式表“远远；不只是；不仅仅是”的意思。例如： Yao Ming has more than just size; he also has great skill and speed and he is a team player. 姚明不只是拥有身高，还有优秀的技术和团队合作精神。(人教高一上unit 8 P55) 考题： Do you need any help, Lucy? Yes, the job is _ I could do myself. （2007福建卷） A. less than B. more than C. no more than D. not more than 解析： B。根据题意“你需要帮助吗？是的，这份工作远不是我一个人能完成的”可知more than最为恰当。 be more than (a little) + 形容词表“十分；非常“的意思。例如： The store is more than happy to deliver goods to your home.本商店很乐意为你送货上门。 考题： Lizzie was _ to see her friend off at the airport. （2004全国卷） A. a little more than sad B. more than a little sad C. sad more than a little D. a little more than sad 解析： B。more than a little + adj. 表“非常”的意思。 no more . than与no less than的结构 no more than从结构上来看有个变体形式是“not . any more than”，表达的意思是“同一样不”，表达的是类比关系；句子在翻译时有两种方式：先译主句后译than引导的从句，“不能”，就如than从句中的“不能一样”；或者先译than引导的从句后译主句“正如than从句中的不能”，所以，“同样不能”。需要注意的是than后面的句子为肯定形式，但要翻译成否定的意思。例如： The heart is no more intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.心脏和胃一样都不具有智慧，因为他们都要受大脑控制。 Jack is no more diligent than John. 杰克不勤奋，约翰也不勤奋。 注意如下区别： not more . than . 表“不如；没有到的程度”（前者不如后者）。例如： Jack is not more diligent than John.杰克不如约翰勤奋。 no less than表“不少于；多达”的意思。例如： This book has been translated into no less than 30 languages.此书已被翻译成多达30种语言。 The professor asked us to write the essay with no less than 800 words. 教授要求我们写一篇不少于800字的文章。 nothing more than与nothing less than结构 因之前所提到过more than表示“不仅仅是”，在其前面加上否定词nothing，则表示“只不过是;不仅仅是”的意思。例如： There are always concerns that traditional dances performed in a theatre are nothing more than a spectacle.人们总是认为传统的舞蹈只不过是很壮观而已。 nothing less than是nothing more than的反义短语，表示“不亚于；相当的；简直是”的意思。例如： Our performance in the play promises to be nothing less than wonderful.我们在戏剧中的表演将是相当精彩的。 His appearance in the show was nothing less than a event.他在演出中的亮相简直是轰动一时的事件。 rather than与other than的区别 考题： We are taught a business letter should be written in a formal style _ in a personal one. A. rather than B. other than C. better than D. less than 解析： A。句意：在学校里，老师教我们商业信函应该采用正式的文体来写，而不是用私人化的风格来写。可知rather than “而不是”较为合适。 例句： All parts of the building other than the windows are in good conditions.这家房子除了窗户外，其它的都完好无缺。 The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than the interviewers in order to let us know about their work and how the news we read is made.两位记者同意交换一下角色，做一次被采访者而不是采访者，以便我们了解他们的工作，了解我们所见的新闻是怎样制作出来的。(人教高二unit 2 P11) 由此可见other than相当于different from意思是“不同于；除了以外其它的”；rather than的意思是“而不是”的意思。 常见的与than搭配的一些习惯用语： Its better than doing sth. “总比做某事要好”。 Maybe I am not well paid, but its better than being out of a job.或许我的薪酬不高，但总比失业好。 be no better than . “几乎与一样糟” be not better than . “前者不如后者” He is no better than a thief.他比小偷好不了多少。 考题： Though he started late, Mr Guo played the piano as well as, if_, Miss Liu. (2007陕西卷) A. not better than B. not better C. no better than D. no better 解析：A。句意：虽然起步晚，但如果说郭先生弹钢琴的水平不比刘小姐好，那至少也和她弹得一样好。句中是个省略句，完整句式为if he is not better than Miss Liu。 none other than “不是别人而正是” The winner of “director of the year” was none other than Zhang Yi mou.赢得“年度最佳导演”称号的不是别人，正是张艺谋。 would rather . than . / prefer to do . rather than (to) do“宁愿而不愿”，than后面的to常省略。 He prefers to live in the countryside rather than stay in the city. He would rather live in the countryside than stay in the city. 他宁愿住乡下也不愿呆在城里。 考题： Rather than _ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _a bicycle.（NMET 1994） A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding 解析： C。考查prefer to do . rather than do结构。 no sooner . than . 表“一就”的意思，引导主从复合句，如果no sooner置于句首，主句应用部分倒装和过去完成时，从句使用一般过去时。例如： No sooner had I mailed the letter than I realized her address had been changed.我一寄出那封信就意识到她的地址已经改变了。 考题： Did Linda see the traffic accident? No, no sooner _than it happened. （2006天津卷） A. had she gone B. she had gone C. has she gone D. she has gone 解析： A。no sooner . than . 结构中，其中no sooner之后应用过去完成时，than之后用一般现在时，当no sooner位于句首时要进行部分倒装。 more often than not “往往；多半；通常”。 During the holiday season, the trains are crowded more often than not.在度假季节，火车往往很拥挤。 less than “少于；不到”。 考题： I used to earn _ than a pound a week when I first started work.（2006陕西卷） A. a little B. a few C. fewer D. less 解析： 考查less than的