than

Than

an

1)morethan

Yourclaimismore

thanthatofothers.

Youknowmyactionis

alwaysmorethan

expression.

2)morethan+noun

Modernscienceis

morethanalargeamountof

information.

MytriptoBeijingis

morethansighteing.

3)more+adj/adv+than

+adj/adv

Sheismorebeautifulthan

ugly.

Hishairismoredarkthan

grey.

Heismoreofapolitician

thanalawyer.

=Heisnotsomucha

lawyerthanapolitician.

Notsomuch….as…..

=Less…than….

Johnislessdaringthan

quick-witted.

Georgewasless

intelligentthanaggressive.

4)morethan….can

ThebeautyofSouthLake

ismorethanIcandescribe.

Don’tbiteoffmorethan

youcanchew.

than

nomore…than

notmorethan

notmore…than

1)nomorethan=only

Iamnomorethana

worker.

Itisnomorethana

misunderstanding.

Itisnomorethanten

minutes’walkfromthe

station.

2)nomore….than

=not….anymore

than…)

Theheartisnomore

intelligentthanthe

stomach,fortheyare

bothcontrolledbythe

brain.

Thereisnoreasonthey

shouldlimithowmuch

vitaminyoutake,anymore

thantheycanlimithow

muchwateryoudrink.

Moreandmore

Afro-Americansehimas

atrickyenemywhohasno

moreloveforthemthanhe

hasfortheCongole.

Not…anymore

than……

Jackisnomore

intelligentthanJohn.

----Jackisnotintelligent

anymorethanJohn.

Amancannomorefly

thanabirdcanspeak.

---Amancannotflyany

morethanabirdcanspeak.

Asanation,theFrenchare

nomoreeagertolearnabout

theirwartimefailingsthan

aretheJapane.

---Asanation,theFrench

arenoteagertolearnabout

theirwartimefailingsany

morethanaretheJapane.

Notmorethan

1)Theexperimentwasdone

bynotmorethan5persons.

2)I’llstayherenotmore

than3days.

Notmore….than….

1)Heisnotmorediligent

thanyouare.

2)Thisnovelisnotmore

interestingthanthatone.

Morethan….

1)moreoftenthannot….

A:Moreoftenthannot,

eachoneofus

simultaneouslyplays

veralrolesinlife.

B:Inthefaceofbigotry

oflettersandvisits,help

themsolvereallife

problems,moreoften

thannottheeffectof

bettereducation

2)nothingmorethan….

(1)Itwasnothingmore

thanashower.

(2)Infact,mostpeople

likenothingmorethan

justafresh.

3)nothinglessthan….

Hisnegligencewas

nothinglessthancriminal.

4)moreorless

I’vemoreorlessfinished

readingthebook.

Thetimeisjust4,not

moreorlessoneminute.

Thisthinghascomeupon

memoreorless

unexpectedly.

an…;nolessthan,

noless…than….

1)lessthan…

Thewholehouwentup

insmokeinlessthanan

hour.

2)nolessthan…

(1)Itisnolessthan

blackmailtoasksucha

highprice.

(2)Itisnolessthana

scandal.

(3)Theaudiencewasno

lessthanfivethousand.

(4)Thathotelprobably

costsnolessthan20

dollarsanight.

3)noless…..than….

(1)Humanisnolessan

animalthanamonkeyis.

(2)Hismindisnolessalert

thanothers.

(3)Sportswear,noless

thansuits,areverymuch

saleable.

4)notlessthan….+

number….

Therearenotlessthan40

studentsinthisclass.

5)Notless….than

Theoldcopyofthe

dictionaryisnotless

expensivethanthatone.

6)nothingelthan….

Whatthemansaidwas

nothingelthannonn.

Yoursuccesswasdueto

nothingelthanyourown

diligence.

4.1)notso

much…as/but….

2)Notsomuch

that….as/butthat…..

ItisnotsomuchthatI

don’twanttocome,as

(that)Ijusthaven’tgot

thetime.

3)notsomuchas….(not

even)

Hedidn’tsomuchas

saythankyouafterallwe

haddoneforhim.

4)mightaswell….as….

Youmightaswell

throwyourmoneyintothe

aaslendittohim.

5.

1)havenoneof

Hewasofferedajobbuthe

saidhe’dhavenoneofit.

Iwillhavenoneofyour

stupididea.

2)nonebut(=nothingbut

=only)

Nonebutthebrave

dervesthefair.

Shechononebutthe

best.

3)nootherthan+sth/none

otherthan+sb….=very

Thisisnootherthanthe

carthatIhavelost.

4)none+the+比较级+for

Mycarisnonethewor

forwear.

Hespent2weeksin

hospitalbuthe’snonethe

betterforit.

5)nonethewir

Ifwetakeonlyonepiece

ofcake,motherwillbenone

thewir.

6)nonetoo….

Therviceinthis

restaurantisnonetoofast.

7)anythingbut

(1)Ieatanything

but(=except)fish

(2)Heisanythingbuta

goodcook.

(=definitelynot…)

8)anythingof

Isheanythingofapoet?

Ihaven’tenanythingof

himlately.

9)foranything

Iwon’tgotherefor

anything.

10)oranything…

IfBernardwantstocallme

oranything,I’llbehereall

day.

11)ifanything…

Ifanything,mynewjobis

harderthanmyolderone.

12)orsomething

Sheisaworkeror

something….

13)somethinglike

Theteachingbuildingis

somethinglikeamatchbox.

Theaccidenttookplace

somethinglike4o’clockin

themorning.

14)somethingofa….

Heissomethingofabook

collector.

15)somethingto/in…

Thereissomethingto/in

whatyousay,I’lltakeyour

advice.

16)have/besomethingtodo

with

Hehassomethingtodo

withthematter.

Ihavenothingtodowith

theaccident.

17)nothingbut–only–none

but

18)fornothing

Shegottheticketfor

nothing.

Allourpreparationfor

nothing!Noone’ven

cometotheparty.

Theyquarrelledfor

nothing.

19)makenothing

of…-=thinknothingof…

Icouldmakenothingof

thepassage.

Hemakesnothingof

working10hoursaday.

20)tosaynothingof…

=nottomention=without

mentioning

Threepeoplewerebadly

hurt,tosaynothingof

damagetothebuilding.

21)nothingifnot…=very,

much,extremely….

Hewasnothingifnot

clever.

22)nothingof….

Therewasnothingofthe

ladyinherbehaviour.

23)allbut=nearly,

almost…

Sheallbutfaintedwhen

sheheardthenews.=nearly

Allbutthelittlechildren

thoughtthatthetripwas

exciting.(allexcept)

24)butfor

Butthat…

Butfortherain,weshould

haveapleasantjourney.

Hewouldhavehelpedus

butthathewasshortof

moneyatthattime.