常见比较结构的用法区别

常见比较结构的用法区别

1. more and more与 the more…, the more…：前者表示“越来越……”，后者表示“越……，越……”。如：

Our country is getting more and more powerful. 我们国家越来越强大。

The more we get together, the happier we will be. 人聚得越多，我们越快活。

2. more than 与less than：前者“(指数量)多于”、“不只是”、“非常”等，后者表示“少于”、“比……少”。如：

I’ve known him for more than 10 years. 我已认识他10多年了。

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

She was more than kind to us. 她对我们很友好。

It cost me less than 10 pounds. 我买它没要上10英镑。

She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少。

3. more …than 与 less…than：前者表示“比……多，比……更”，后者表示“比……少，不如……”。如：

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。

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

注：两者均可表示“与其……不如”，但词序不同。如：(from www.hxen.net)

He is less a teacher than an expert. / He is more an expert than a teacher. / He is not so much a teacher as an expert. 与其说他是老师，不如说他是专家。

4. “no+比较级+than”结构：这类结构的实际意思是对待比较的两个对象进行否定，相当于该原级形容词或副词使用as…as结构的意思。如no better than = as bad as，意为“与……一样不好”，no faster than = as slow as，意为“与……一样不快”，no taller than = as short as，意为“与……一样不高”等。

5. no more than与not more than：两者均可表示数量，前者表示“仅仅”、“只有”(= only)，强调少；而后者表示“不多于”、“至多”(= at most)。如：

It is no more than five miles to the station. 去车站只有5英里。

It is not more than five miles to the station. 去车站最多5英里。(from www.hxen.net)

6. no more…than与not more…than：前者用于否定两者，意为“同……一样不”(=neither ... nor)；而后者只强调两者的程度不同，意为“不如”、“不及”(= not so ... as)。如：

He’s no more able to read Spanish than I am. 他和我都读不懂西班牙语。（=Neither he nor I am not read Spanish.）

She is not more clever than he is.  她不如他聪明。（= She is not so clever as he is.）

This film is not more interesting than that one. 这部电影不比那部电影更有趣。（This film is not so interesting as that one.）