比较: less than 后面接形容词、副词时,意为不;很少;不到,具有否定意义。例如:
a) We were busy and less than delighted to have company that day.
那天我们很忙,不高兴有客人来。
b) The young man is less than twenty years old.
这个年轻人不到 20 岁。
二、 more than
1. more than 意为与其不如:是而不是,常可与 rather than 或 not so much as 互换使用。例如:
He is more like a spear than anything else. = He is like a spear rather than anything else. = He is not so much like anything else as like a spear.
与其说他(指大象)像别的什么东西,不如说他像一根长矛。
He is more poltroon than cautious.
与其说他谨慎,不如说他是怯懦。
2. more than 之后接含有 can 的从句时,同样表示否定意义。例如:
Tom has more insolence than I can stand. = Tom's insolence is more than I can stand.
汤姆的傲慢使我难以忍受。
比较: less than 意为不像;不是。例如:
Joseph is less honest than his brother.
约瑟夫不像他兄弟那样诚实。
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