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🔑 thanBrE /ðən/NAmE /ðən/BrE strong form /ðæn/NAmE strong form /ðæn/ preposition, conjunction🔑 used to introduce the second part of a comparison （用以引出比较的第二部分）比◆I'm older than her. 我比她年龄大。◆There was more whisky in it than soda. 那里面的威士忌比苏打水多。◆He loves me more than you do. 他比你更爱我。◆It was much better than I'd expected. 这比我预料的要好得多。◆You should know better than to behave like that. 你应当明白事理，不该那么不懂规矩。◆I'd rather email than phone, if that's OK by you. 如果你认为可以的话，我想发电邮而不打电话。🔑 more/less/fewer, etc. ~ used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc. （比较数量、距离等）多于，小于，少于◆It never takes more than an hour. 所用的时间从不会超过一个小时。◆It's less than a mile to the beach. 离海滩不足一英里远。◆There were fewer than twenty people there. 那里有不到二十个人。used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another （表示一事紧跟另一事发生）就◆No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door. 我刚坐下就有人大声敲门。◆Hardly had we arrived than the problems started. 我们刚到，问题就来了。 ●other than () 🔑 except 除…以外◆I don't know any French people other than you. 除了你，我不认识别的法国人。◆We're going away in June but other than that I'll be here all summer. 我们六月份外出；除此以外，我整个夏天都在这里。(formal) different or in a different way from; not 不同；不同于；不◆I have never known him to behave other than selfishly. 我从没见过他不自私。 |