1. 比，比较
2. 一…就…
3. 与其...（毋宁、宁愿、不如、索性）
4. 除了...，除…外

1. 超过
2. 比，与...相比、比较

1. 比(用于比较级) (used in comparative sentence)
2. 宁愿…而不愿 expressing a contrast

1. 与…相比 in comparison with

1.(用于形容词、副词的比较级之后，连接比较对象)比
You usethan after a comparative adjective or adverb in order to link two parts of a comparison.

e.g. The radio only weighs a few ounces and is smallerthan a cigarette packet...
这台收音机重量仅为几盎司，比香烟盒还小。
e.g. Indian skins age far more slowlythan American or Italian ones.
印度人的皮肤比美国人或意大利人的皮肤衰老得慢得多。

2.(数目、数量、价值等)比…(多、少、重要或次要等)
You usethan when you are stating a number, quantity, or value approximately by saying that it is above or below another number, quantity, or value.

e.g. They talked on the phone for morethan an hour.
他们在电话里谈了一个多小时。
e.g. ...the three-match Test series in England, starting in lessthan two months time...
再过不到两个月就要在英格兰开始的三场制国际板球对抗赛

3.与其说，而不是(连接对比的对象，以表示优先考虑等)
You usethan in order to link two parts of a contrast, for example in order to state a preference.

e.g. The arrangement was more a formalitythan a genuine partnership of two nations...
这一协定与其说体现了两个国家之间真正的伙伴关系，还不如说是一种形式。
e.g. I would rather stare at a clear, star-filled skythan a TV set...
我宁可凝视繁星满天的晴朗夜空也不愿盯着电视机。

4. easier saidthan done -> see easy
lessthan -> see less
morethan -> see more
more oftenthan not -> see often
otherthan -> see other
ratherthan -> see rather

1.

1. 比：请看请柬和菜单:食物招待:中餐-mooncakes(月饼),有各种各样的馅儿:nut(果仁)的;sweet(甜的),尝起来(taste)比(than) cake更好(better)的月饼应有尽有.

2.

2. 比较：解析:由上文的future可以确定比较(than)的对象应该是current(目前的) state. 解析:固定搭配derive from获得, 起源于(from)

3. than的反义词

3. 比较级：英语比较级(than)后的代词用主格还是宾格?英语比较级(than)后的代词用主格还是宾格?还是两个都可以? 例如:是 I'm tallerthan him.还是 I'm tallerthan he (is)[要+is吗?] 我写的后面那句,不知对不对?

4. (比)--- then (那时)：59. street (街道)--- straight (直的) | 60.than (比)--- then (那时) | 61. team (队)--- term (学期)

1. Paul is taller than I am.
   保罗比我高。
2. She works better than I.
   她工作做得比我好。
3. Don't tell them any more than they need to know.
   告诉他们的不要超出让他们知道的范围。
4. They are more brave than wise.
   他们有勇无谋。
5. It is better to sit and read than (to) do nothing.
   坐下来读书比什么也不干强。
6. Nothing is more pleasant than finding insects in your bath.
   最使人不快的是在浴缸里发现有虫子。
7. She is older than is supposed.
   她比想象的要老。
8. The roads here are much quieter here than in London.
   这里的道路比伦敦的安静多了。
9. I'd rather play football than go swimming.
   与其去游泳我还不如去踢足球。

1. He is the person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.
   我想不出一个比他更有礼貌的人。
2. She drove at more than 100 miles per hour.
   她以每小时100英里的速度驾车行驶。
3. She works better than us all.
   她工作得比我们大家都好。

barely〔hardly〕...than...

一…,就…as soon as

no other than

正是,就是just

• Sophia, than whom none was more capable of [etc.].

  出自：Henry Fielding

• I..could not be expected..to be wiser than her.

  出自：Sir W. Scott

• It wasn't more than ten feet by twelve.

  出自：J. Conrad

• I have done her less than justice.

  出自：R. Macaulay

• I'm a great deal happier than I was at 28.

  出自：V. Woolf

• A..creature who looked far older than her fifty years.

  出自：Ina Taylor

• A man a few years older than me.

  出自：B. Vine

商品

A：What about (things/ items/ products) otherthan food?
除了食物还有（什么/其它/别的）商品吗？

B：There are many stores near here.
附近还有很多商店。

交通

B：It’s (faster/ slower/ more expensive)than taking the bus or the subway.
这比坐公车或搭地铁（快/慢/贵）。

A：Oh, o.k.
噢，好吧。

接、送机场

A：Who will meet you at the air port?
谁会去机场接你？

B：No one.
没有人。

A：Oh,than I will arrange one of my staff to meet you at the airport.
哦，那我安排一个职员到飞机场去接你。

1. than用作连词的意思是“比”,可指两个不同的人或物在同一方面进行比较,也可指同一个人或物在两个不同方面进行比较。
2. than用作连词时接名词或代词的主格形式是较正式的用法,若人称代词之后跟有动词, than后的人称代词只能用主格。
3. 若than所连接的两个待比较的句子有相同成分,后者通常省略,若所连接的两个待比较的没有相同成分则不能省略。
4. than若是连接两个非谓语动词,通常应保持一样的形式,若不是连接两个非谓语动词则其后通常用动名词。
5. than也可以用于两项事物比较时,引导的是被摒弃的那一项。

1. than用作介词时意思为“与…相比”,用于名词或代词前表示比较关系,也可用于在度量衡方面的比较。
2. than用作介词时其后接名词或代词的宾格形式是非正式用法,若人称代词之后有all, both则通常用宾格。

下面两个句子意思不同:

I like you better than he.

我比他更喜欢你。

I like you better than him.

我喜欢你胜过喜欢他。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的than，意为然后。