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　　more than 的用法：

　　1. (指数量)多于I‘ve known him for more than twenty years. 我已认识他20多年了。

　　2. 不只是，不仅仅是(通常后接名词、动词、从句等)

　　He is more than a father to her. 他待她胜过父亲。

　　He more than smiled， but laughed. 他不只是微笑，而是放声大笑。

　　The result was much more than I imagined. 结果远远出我的想象。

　　3. 极其，(通常后接形容词、副词或分词等)

　　I was more than pleased with the pay rise. 薪水涨了，我高兴极了。

　　He was more than upset by the accident. 他对这次事故感到难过。

　　4. 难以，完全不能(其后通常连用情态动词 can)

　　That is more than I can tell. 那事我实在不明白。

　　The heat there was more than he could stand. 那儿的炎热程度是他所不能忍受的。

　　less than 的用法：

　　1. (指数量)不到，不足It‘s less than half an hour's drive from here. 开车到那里不到半个钟头。

　　In less than an hour he finished the work. 没要上一个小时，他就完成了工作。

　　2. 比……(小)少She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少。

　　Half the group felt they spent less than average. 半数人觉得他们的花费低于平均水平。

　　3. 不太，一点也不The boys were less than happy about having a party. 开晚会男孩子们并不很高兴。

　　We were less than delighted to have company that day. 那天有客人我们并不太高兴。

　　He was less than helpful when we arrived. 我们到达时他一点也不帮忙。

　　more……than 的用法：

　　1. 比……多，比……更He has more books than me. 他的书比我多。

　　He is more careful than the others. 他比其他人更仔细。

　　2. 与其……不如He is more lucky than clever. 与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。

　　He is more (a) scholar than (a) teacher. 与其说他是位教师，不如说他是位学者。

　　注：该句型主要用于同一个人或物在两个不同性质或特征等方面的比较，其中的比较级需要用加 more 的形式，不能用加词尾-er 的形式。

　　less……than 的用法：

　　1. 不像(如) He is less honest than his brother. 他不如他哥哥诚实。

　　2. 比……少，不如……多We drink less coffee than tea. 我们喝咖啡不如喝茶多。

　　I got less money than the others did. 我比别人得到的钱少。

　　3. 与其……不如……

　　I regard him less as my teacher than as my friend. 与其说我把他当作老师，不如说我是把他当作朋友。

　　注：表示此义时可与 more……than 结构替换(但要注意词序的变化)。如：

　　He is less a teacher than an expert./He is more an expert than a teacher. 与其说他是老师，不如说他是。