than 核心詞議:
prep. 比
conj. 與其說,而不是
than 基本解釋
conj. 比(用于比較級);寧愿…而不愿;除…以外;一…就
prep. 超過;比
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來自 then 的拼寫變體,并于 18 世紀開始成為兩個不同的詞,并產生詞義上的分化。如 A is bigger than B,原義為 A is bigger,then B。
知識擴展
近似單詞
then adv.然后;那么;那時
單詞用法
有時具有類似關系代詞的作用,并在句中充當主語、賓語或表語
Some of the stories were really more than could be believed.有些故事實在讓人難以相信。
比較下面兩個句子意思不同:
I like you better than he.我比他更喜歡你。
I like you better than him我喜歡你勝過喜歡他。
重要短語
than ever 比以前
no more than adv.只是;僅僅
none other than 不是別的而正是…
no other than 只有;就是
than 變化形式
易混淆的單詞: THAN
中文詞源:
than 比,比較
來自 then 的拼寫變體,并于 18 世紀開始成為兩個不同的詞,并產生詞義上的分化。如 A is bigger than B,原義為 A is bigger,then B.
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精選例句
1、 More than half have breakfast alone and nearly half have lunch by themselves.
超過一半的人獨自吃早餐,近一半的人自己吃午餐。
2、 Last year it recovered more than 807,500 pounds of food by taking donations and collecting blemished produce that otherwise would have rotted in fields.
去年,它通過接受捐贈和收集有瑕疵的農產品,回收了超過807,500磅的食品,否則這些農產品就會在地里腐爛。[機器自動翻譯,如有錯誤,感謝糾錯]
1、 "We're eating more fish than ever these days.
現在我們吃的魚比以往任何時候都多。
1、 ”L)It was only a year or so ago that Wardian realized that he had been a runner longer than a lacrosse player.
大約一年前,沃德安才意識到自己跑得比長曲棍球運動員還久。
1、 workforce, and boomers are expected to live longer than previous generations.
勞動力和嬰兒潮一代預計將比前幾代人活得更長。
常見考點例句:
- He looks younger than you .
- 他看上去比你年輕。
- Sharks are older than trees .
- 鯊魚比樹還要古老。
- Confidence is greater than fear .
- 自信比恐懼更強大。
- They drink more than women .
- 他們喝酒比女人多。
- They smoke more than women .
- 他們抽煙比女人多。