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- conj.比;除…(以外);(剛剛…)就;與其…(毋寧,寧愿,不如,索性)
- prep.小于;(用以引出比較的第二部分)比;(表示一事緊跟另一事發(fā)生)就
英漢雙解
1. | (用以引出比較的第二部分)比used to introduce the second part of a comparison |
| I'm older than her. 我比她年齡大。 |
| There was more whisky in it than soda. 那里面的威士忌比蘇打水多。 |
| He loves me more than you do. 他比你更愛我。 |
| It was much better than I'd expected. 這比我預料的要好得多。 |
| You should know better than to behave like that. 你應當明白事理,不該那么不懂規(guī)矩。 |
| I'd rather email than phone, if that's OK by you. 如果你認為可以的話,我想發(fā)電郵而不打電話。 |
2. | more/less/fewer, etc. ~ (比較數(shù)量、距離等)多于,小于,少于used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc. |
| It never takes more than an hour. 所用的時間從不會超過一個小時。 |
| It's less than a mile to the beach. 離海灘不足一英里遠。 |
| There were fewer than twenty people there. 那里有不到二十個人。 |
3. | (表示一事緊跟另一事發(fā)生)就used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another |
| No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door. 我剛坐下就有人大聲敲門。 |
| Hardly had we arrived than the problems started. 我們剛到,問題就來了。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Workers shall not use, or be required to use, any other means of access than the means specified or allowed by this Article.
除本條所規(guī)定或準許的上下船設備外,工人不得使用或被命令使用其他設備。
It used to puzzle me why institutional traders as a group performed so much better than private traders.
令我不解的是,為什么機構交易者的表現(xiàn)比個人交易者要好那么多。
Their vulnerability to obesity is much more the result of societal inequalities than of any character flaw.
他們易患肥胖,更多源自社會不平等,而非性格缺陷。
To say nothing is often more difficult than expressing the anger, love and betrayal with words.
用無聲表達你的憤怒、愛意和不忠通常比用言語來表達要困難得多。
Gliacyte was more sensitive than neuron. A small number of enveloped virions were observed in nucleus and cytoplasm of gliacyte and neuron.
膠質細胞內的核衣殼多于神經元,膠質細胞和神經元的細胞質內和胞外可見少量有包膜的完整病毒。
Whatthey called sleeping with the enemy, Krupp called dealing with theworld as it is rather than as he wished it to be.
克拉普認為這是“與敵同眠”,他認為應該按照問題的本來面目,而不是按照自己的想法進行處理。
Some scientists, however, doubt that the mummy is Nefertiti. They said the mummy is much more likely to be male rather than female.
不過一些科學家卻不相信這具木乃伊就是娜芙提提,他們說那具木乃伊更像是男性而非女性。
It was the first time since the Great Depression that the Fed had made a loan like this to an entity other than a bank.
自大蕭條以來,這還是美聯(lián)儲第一次像這樣借錢給一家公司而不是銀行。
The moment Logan hit the ground should have been the end of this story rather than one more beginning I could have chosen.
洛根墜地的那一時刻本應成為這個故事的結局,而不是我當時可能選擇的又一個開端。
In poor countries the focus of political and business life is often rent-seeking rather than wealth creation.
在貧窮國家,政治及商業(yè)生活的重點往往是尋租,而非創(chuàng)造財富。
It sounds wonderful. But my capital is less than the requirement. Would you do me a favor to let me enjoy such preferential treatments?
看來很不錯啊,我的資金離那個數(shù)還差一點兒,幫個忙,讓我也能享受那些待遇,行不行?
His company, however, ended up in the red. It lost more money than it earned. The company was no longer profitable.
但是,他的公司就沒這么好運了,出現(xiàn)財政赤字,虧的錢比賺的還多,不再盈利了。
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
我又告訴你們,駱駝穿過針的眼,比財主進神的國還容易呢。
Expert said, the rate of sleepless in West Virginia is twice higher than other states, for the sake of obesity and other healthy problems.
專家稱,西弗吉尼亞州的睡眠不足發(fā)生率約為全國值的兩倍,這可能是由肥胖等健康問題造成的。
Actually, millions of human beings have had a hand in my creation, no one of whom even knows more than a very few of the others.
事實上,有成百萬參與了我的誕生過程,他們中沒有誰能比別人知道得多一點。
It's of a dog pulling a child out of the water. The silly old bastard can't draw any better than a child of ten.
那個又老又笨的混蛋畫得根本不比一個十多歲的小孩強多少。
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I gave birth to him in pain. "
雅比斯比他弟兄更尊貴,他母親給他起名叫雅比斯,意思說:我生他甚是痛苦。
The moment of going to that journalism college, for me, was more significant than college itself.
對我來說,上新聞學院的那一刻遠比學院生活本身更有意義。
She smiled happily at him as she ran out the door. Though the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
女孩高興的沖他笑笑,跑出了小店。皮特透過櫥窗的玻璃目送她遠去,忽然感到比從前更加深刻的孤獨。
But in less time than it takes to drink two cups of tea Baoyu was back again. The sight of him made her sob convulsively.
沒兩盞茶的工夫,寶玉仍來了.林黛玉見了,越發(fā)抽抽噎噎的哭個不住。
Sometimes, as I thought, I was vanquished more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons.
有時我想,我之所以敗北,與其說是因為他理由充足,不如說是因為他口若懸河。
On account of your rebellious manner to me I was tempted to go further than I should have done.
當時因為你對我那樣桀驁,我做得可就有些出格了。
The little man was much more favourable to me than to any of the others.
這個小個子男人對我比對任何其它人都客氣多了。
Sid had better judgment of it than to utter the thought that was in his mind as he left the house.
席德離開家里的時候,他對這樁事情是心中有數(shù)的,不過他覺得還是不把心里的想法說出來為好。
Just then a hollow groan, more desolate than all that had preceded it, came from the attics and made Eugenie and her mother shudder.
這時頂樓上傳來一聲格外凄慘的悲啼,把尤金妮亞和她的母親嚇呆了。
As to the management of their children, his theory was much better than his wife's and his practice not so bad.
至于說到管教孩子,他的理論比他妻子高明得多,而且他的做法也不賴。
He was more drawn to the literature of bygone Europe than to that of his own region.
他更傾心于往昔的歐洲文學,而忽視了本土文學。
It took a greater act of faith than I was capable of to believe that they would abide willingly by an inconclusive outcome.
我實在不敢相信他們會心甘情愿地承擔一種尚未見最后分曉的后果。
If you can only exercise once a week, that's better than nothing .
即便是一個星期鍛煉一次,也比完全不鍛煉好。
Within a week Gerald took to spending his whole day with Bertha, and she found the London season much more amusing than she had expected.
不出一個星期,杰拉爾德便開始整天和伯莎泡在一起,而伯莎則發(fā)現(xiàn)倫敦的季節(jié)比她所期望的更為悅人。
Was it not enough that he wanted her more than any other girl he knew and that she wanted him?
他在認識的姑娘當中,最中意她,她呢,也中意他,難道還不夠嗎?
If anything could be darker than the sky, it was the wall, and if anything could be gloomier than the wall it was the river beneath.
倘若說有什么比天空還要黑的話,那就是這堵墻了;倘若說有什么比這堵墻更朦朧的話,那就是墻下的河了。
I have never been madder at anything in my life than I was at Halsey during Leyte Gulf.
我生平從來沒有一次象在萊特灣對海爾賽那樣惱火過。
For, in good truth, you seem to turn over the pages of my past life far better than I could do myself.
因為說老實話,你對于我的生活看得比我自己還更清楚。
Amidst these friends then, and a host more, Pen passed more than two brilliant and happy years of his life.
在這些朋友,以及其他許多同學中間,潘度過了兩年多豐富多采的愉快生活。
The signal collecting area of each system would be at least 100 times greater than that of the Arecibo telescope.
每個系統(tǒng)的收集信號的區(qū)域至少一百倍于阿雷西博望遠鏡。
He contemplated washing himself in the Thames, but the river appeared to be dirtier than he was.
他打算在泰晤士河里洗一洗,但河水似乎比他還臟。
Jeanie was one, like the angels in heaven, that rather weep for sinners, than reckon their transgressions.
珍妮是安琪兒下凡,她寧可為犯罪的人流淚,而不會責備他們的罪過。
"Well, if I had a son of my own, " said the nobleman, "I would want no fairer wife for him than this. "
“嗨,如果我有兒子,”那位貴族說:“我就給他娶這位姑娘,別的姑娘再好也不要?!?/jz>
The word was no sooner out of my mouth than the whole crowd of spectators joined in a general shriek of "Fire! " .
我的喊聲剛落,全部看熱鬧的人,也齊聲尖叫起來:“火”。
In the same way, to say a little is often to tell more than to say a great deal.
同樣,片言只語也常常比萬語千言更說明問題。
His manner might have been called severe, though really it was more cultivated than austere.
他的舉止可以說是很嚴肅的,雖然實際上說莊嚴還不如說文雅更妥切一些。
Such was the effect of this simple piece of scrap, that more than one woman of delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting-house.
小小一塊黑紗,震動如此之大,不止一個神經脆弱的婦女承受不住,提前離開會場。
The dog had a larger place in our lives than I would have thought possible.
這只狗在我們生活中占據(jù)了一塊很大的地方,這是我始料未及的。
I had never been more blue, more bored, than for a week before she came.
我從沒象她來以前一星期那么憂郁,那么厭煩。
A soil on which water stands for more than a week after a heavy rain is considered unfit for fruit growing.
在大雨后積水一周以上的地方,不適宜果樹生長。
Joanna went on her way singing, and it seemed as if her voice was lovelier than that of a bird.
喬安娜繼續(xù)趕路,邊走邊唱歌。她的歌喉好象賽過了百靈鳥。
To her simple and innocent mind, the remembrance of her mother brought no other feeling than one of gentle sorrow.
她頭腦天真單純,對母親的懷念只是使她產生一種淡淡的哀愁。
I reproached myself with my easiness, that I would not sow any more corn one year than would just serve me till the next season.
我痛責自己偷懶,不肯多種一些糧食,只圖能夠接得上下一季就算了。
I fitted myself up for a battle, as before; though with more caution, knowing I had to do with another kind of enemy than I had at first.
我照舊進行著作戰(zhàn)的準備;可是比過去更加小心,因為我知道所要應付的是一種和從前不同的敵人。
The rent is much higher than in Taipei. So you can imagine how difficult it was for me, a foreign student, to be forced to move immediately!
房子的租金比臺北貴多了,所以你們可以想像,我一個留學生在那邊,又被逼著要馬上搬家,那種情況有多困難啊!
Today we begin in earnest of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little better than the one we inhabit today.
今天,我們做出誠摯的努力,希望我們留給孩子們的世界,比我們今天繼承下來的再好一點點。
It's conversational in tone: Blog writing tends to be a little more personal than most writing.
口語化:博客寫作比其它多數(shù)寫作都更個人化。
The two-box problem, which I described last week, is one in which a knowledge of probabilities seems to be a hindrance rather than a help.
在“兩個盒子問題”(我上周對此進行了描述)中,概率方面的知識似乎成了妨礙而不是幫助。
New research suggests that, besides being too small to be alive, they may also be made of something not much more complex than simple chalk.
新的研究表明,除了他們太小不能存活,他們也許是由一些比簡單的粉筆復雜多的物質組成。
Journey can take place in more than just a geographical dimension. Many of the journeys of Harry Potter are journeys of the mind.
旅程可以發(fā)生在地理空間,也可以發(fā)生在心田之中。哈利波特的許多旅程,屬于心靈之旅。
I suddenly said to her frankly, that I enjoyed her conversation and that I thought her incomparably more cultured and developed than I.
我突然對她說了,我欣賞她的言談,我認為她文化修養(yǎng)比我高得無法比擬。
He said he has more confidence in Mr. Zardari than in the previous Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf.
他說,他對扎爾達里比對巴基斯坦上一任總統(tǒng)穆沙拉夫更有信心。
You can leave notes in a notebook just as you wrote them or convert your scribbles into text, with more misses than hits in my test.
您可以在筆記本電腦上記筆記,就像平時書寫一樣,程序會將您的手寫文字轉換成文本,但經本人測試,識別率有待提高。
A glittering club career which included seven Bundesliga titles and two German Cups was more than matched by his international achievements.
閃耀的俱樂部生涯囊括了7個德甲冠軍和2座德國杯,這足以配得上他在國家隊的成就。
A spokesperson said: "Prevention is always better than cure and our public health campaigns on drinking and obesity reflects this. "
一名發(fā)言人說:“針對飲酒和肥胖問題的公共衛(wèi)生戰(zhàn)略反映出預防要比治療更重要。”
Investors in financial markets, certainly, seem to be expecting more of the same from the US rather than direct confrontation.
當然,金融市場投資者似乎更希望美國維持當前策略,而不是展開直接對抗。
LIBYA is never easy to read, but it has recently become more contradictory than ever.
利比亞歷來都讓人難于理解,但近來變得比以往更加矛盾。
The Maro Polo Effect has been going on for far longer than I ever imagined, and I see no reason to say it won't continue on indefinitely.
馬可·波羅現(xiàn)象持續(xù)的時間超出了我的想象,而且也沒理由不繼續(xù)下去。
It would be happier to live all by my self than fight with a man for one same thing all the rest of my life.
自己一個人生活比用盡余生和一個人為同一個目標奮斗來的更為開心,快樂。
She had less the air of a human being than of a form which had just blossomed forth from the twilight.
這東西,與其說象個人,倒不如說是剛從暮色中顯現(xiàn)出來的一種形象。
They stare back at viewers as if in confrontation, demanding to be recognized as more than anonymous species ideals.
它們好像以對抗的方式目不轉睛地回盯著觀眾,似乎在要求比那些匿名的物種要更接受的多。
He was puzzled by the tone in which she had summoned him; he concluded that she was less simple than she seemed.
她約他前來時的口吻令他困惑不解,他斷定她并不像表面上那樣單純。
Her forgetting of me happened just a few months ago, after I had been traveling for more than a month and hadn't been to see her.
她,我忘了幾個月前剛剛發(fā)生后,我已經一個多月行駛,并沒有看到她。
In the next 10 years, the length of railway tunnel to be built is more than the total length of railway tunnel that are completed.
未來10年我國要修建的鐵路隧道,其總長度將超過我國已建成的鐵路隧道長度總和。
The glow in their hearts and the courage of their resistance they felt were owed to him more than to any other one man.
他們心中的熱情和他們感到的反抗勇氣最主要即是來源于他。
As if to say: Trying to make yourself out better than the rest of us?
好像說:你想使自己比我們其他人都神氣一點啊?
"More than any other generation, " he said, "our generation views the adult world with great skepticism. "
他說:“我們這一代比任何一代人都抱著更大的疑慮看待成人世界?!?/jz>
She was more equal to her situation than most girls would have been.
她比許多女孩子更能適應環(huán)境。
There was something in your touch that was wonderful. It had more expression than I had ever heard from it.
你的指法妙極了,表現(xiàn)力實在豐富,我以前從來沒有聽到過。
"Maybe you know more about it than I do, " said the ogre's wife.
“也許你比我知道得更清楚吧?!?c>魔鬼的妻子回答說。
The foremost reason among them was the fact that she had fewer invitations than usual for the autumn.
其中主要的原因是今年秋季她接到的請柬比往年少了。
She looked less specifically like a woman than a more generalized human being and a sad one.
她看上去不象一個標準女人,而是一個特征不明顯的人,一個窮愁潦倒的人。
If it remains a while uncertain to whom the merit belongs, someone more vain than yourself may be encouraged to claim it.
當榮譽一時尚未確定歸屬的時候,某些虛榮心比你更強的人就會躍躍欲試,把榮譽據(jù)為己有。
I'm sure he will be hunted down in less than a week.
我敢保證他一定會在一個星期內被捉拿歸案。