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2011-01-18来源:和谐英语
1.This is no more than a facelift for the previous regime.

no more than不过,仅仅;和…一样不

例句:Money is no more than our servant.
      金钱不过是我们的仆人。

no more than的意思是“只不过”,not more than的意思是“不多于”。试比较:
There are no more than ten tickles left. 剩下不到十张票。 (有“票少”的含义)
The experiment was done by not more than 5 persons. 做这个试验的人不到五个。(没有“多”或“少”的含义,只是客观地说明数目)
This room is no bigger than that. 这个房间并不比那个大。 (有“两个房间都不大”的含义)
This room is not bigger than that one.这个房间不比那个大。 (没有“两个房间都不大或都不小”的含义)
[注]注意not …. Any more than或no more...than在下面句子中的用法。如:
They cannot do the impossible any more than we can.他们和我们同样不能做不可能的事情。
He is no more diligent than I am.他和我同样不勤奋

2.Amnesty International said the Haitian authorities had an obligation to prosecute him for crimes against humanity.

have an obligation to有责任去

例句:I have an obligation to take care of her.
      我有义务照顾她。

3.Italian prosecutors are accusing the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of providing a series of apartments for use by young women in exchange for sex.

in exchange for交换

例句:Tom gave Helen an apple in exchange for a piece of cake.
      汤姆用一个苹果与海伦换一块蛋糕。

4.Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they say that using this information should make it far easier to create new grape varieties that are resistant to disease; if we are lucky, they might even result in better tasting wines.

resistant to对...有抗力的,耐...的

例句:stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
      顽固地抵制权威或管理。