more than 与less than的用法比较1. more than 的主要用法是：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. 结果远远超过我的想像。③ 极其，非常(通常后接形容词、副词或分词等)：She was more than kind to us. 她对我们很友好。He was more than upset by the accident. 这个意外事故使他非常心烦意乱。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 (=I can’t tell that). 那事我实在不明白。2. less than 的主要用法是：① (指数量)不到，不足：It’s less than a mile to the station. 去车站不到一英里。In less than an hour he finished the work. 没要上一个小时他就做完了工作。② 比…(小)少：Two is less than Three. 二比三小。She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少。③ 一点也不：He was less than helpful when we arrived. 我们到达时他一点也不帮忙。3. more …than 与 less…than(1) more...than 的主要用法：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，其中的比较级必须用加 more的形式，不能用加词尾 -er 的形式。(2) less...than 的主要用法是：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)：He is less a teacher than an expert. / He is more an expert than a teacher. 与其说他是老师，不如说他是专家。

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