more...than的用法歸納
1. 表示“比……多”“比……更”。如:
It was more expensive than I thought. 這比我預料的昂貴多了。
Tim violin is more difficult than the piano. 拉小提琴比彈鋼琴更爲睏難。
John drove much more carefully than Tim did. 約翰開車比吉姆小心得多。
注:more有時不用於搆成比較級,而是本身就是比較級,此時其後可能接可數或不可數名詞。如:
His car cost much more money than mine. 他的小汽車所花的錢比我的多得多。
There are many more people than we expected. 比我們想象的人要多得多。
2. 表示“與其……不如”。如:
He is more lucky than clever. 與其說他聰明,不如說他幸運。
It is even more a poem than a picture. 與其說它是一幅畫,倒不如說它是一首詩。
注:該句型主要用於同一個人或物在兩個不同性質或特征等方麪的比較(比較級必須 more, 不能用加詞尾 -er 的形式)。