than

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conj.比
prep.比

例句与用法：

That hotel probably costs no less than 20 dollars a night.

那间旅馆的住宿费大约要20元一晚呢。

Mary is more beautiful than anyone else in her company.

玛丽在公司里比其他人都漂亮。

There are more than 5,000 adjectives in that dictionary.

那本词典中有5000多个形容词。

This street is four times shorter than that one.

这条街道比那条短四倍。

John is more diligent than anyone else in his class.

约翰比班上其他的同学用功。

She was older than I was.

她年纪比我大。

It's no more than a misunderstanding.

这只是个误会。

He has no friend other than you.

他除你之外就没有别的朋友了。

词形变化：

名词复数: thalli |

详细释义：

conj.

1. 比, 比较

She looks younger than she is.

她看起来比她实际岁数显得要年轻。

He runs a lot faster than I.

他跑得比我快多了。

2. (用于rather, sooner之后)与其……(宁愿……)

I would rather do some reading at home than go shopping with them.

与其和他们去购物, 我倒宁愿留在家里读点书。

3. (用于else, other等之后)除了……(之外)

She has never been to a big city other than Chicago.

除芝加哥外她没有去过别的大城市。

4. (用于no sooner, scarcely, hardly之后)当, 就

No sooner had we left the village than it began to rain.

我们刚离开村子, 天就下起雨来了。

prep.

1. 【书】比

She is a teacher than whom no one is more patient.

她是个比谁都耐心的老师。

2. (后接计量数目)超过

My aunt stayed here for more than a week.

我姑妈在这儿呆了一个多星期。