| 释义 |
thanprep.（介系词 preposition）- （通常后接宾格代词;在文语中仅以 than whom 的形式出现）比(cf. conj.1)
Here is Jones, than whom there is no better authority on the subject. 这就是琼斯,对于这个问题他是最权威的人士.
He is younger than me. 【口】 他比我年轻.(此为口语说法,文语说法为 than I 或 I am). - （后接表示数量的词）超过
There were fewer than twenty people at the meeting. 与会者不超过二十人.
conj.（连接词 conjunction）- （用于形容词、副词的比较级之后）
- （引导副词性子句）比,比较
He is taller than I (am). 他比我高(口语中常说作 than me)
I ≦'ai≧ know you better than he ≦h'i〔41c5〕≧ (does). 我比他更了解你
I know you ≦j'u〔41c5〕≧ better than (I know) him ≦h'im≧. 我了解你甚于了解他
He is no happier than (he was) before. 他并不比以前幸福. - （后接副词、不定式、动名词等）比（有人将这样用 than 视为 prep.）
There were more people on the beach than ever [usual]. 海滩上的人比以往任何时候[往常]都多
I am wiser than to believe that. 我不至于会相信那件事的
I have better things to do than watching television. 我有比看电视更需要做的事情. - （接在 rather, sooner 等之后）与其…(宁愿…)
I would rather [sooner] die than disgrace myself. 我宁死不屈. - （接在 other, otherwise, else, different 等之后）除…(以外的),除…(以外)
I have no other friend than you. (=I have no friend but you.) 我除你以外没有朋友
It was none [no] other than the king. 不是别人,正是国王
There is no other way than to surrender. 没有办法,衹有投降
He did nothing else than laugh. 他衹是笑笑而已
He is otherwise than I thought. 他不是我们想像的那样的人. - (= when)（有人认为是误用）
Scarcely [Hardly] had I left than it began to rain. 我们刚离开就下起了雨.
- no sooner...than
- than what
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