than

  基本词汇  
[e?n]     [e?n]    
  • conj. 比;除…外(用于other等之后);与其…(用于 rather等之后);一…就(用于 no sooner等之后)
  • prep.
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than的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

详尽释义

conj. (连词)
  1. 比,比较
  2. 一…就…
  3. 与其...(毋宁、宁愿、不如、索性)
  4. 除了...,除…外
prep. (介词)
  1. 超过
  2. 比,与...相比、比较

双解释义

conj. (连词)
  1. 比(用于比较级) (used in comparative sentence)
  2. 宁愿…而不愿 expressing a contrast
prep. (介词)
  1. 与…相比 in comparison with

than的用法和样例:

例句

用作连词 (conj.)
  1. She was older than I was.
    她年纪比我大。
  2. I was inspired to work harder than ever before.
    我受激励比以往任何时候都更加努力地工作。
用作介词 (prep.)
  1. This street is four times shorter than that one.
    这条街道比那条短四倍。
  2. John is more diligent than anyone else in his class.
    约翰比班上其他的同学用功。

常见句型

用作连词 (conj.)
  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。
用作介词 (prep.)
  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。

常用短语

用作连词 (conj.)
barely〔hardly〕...than...
    一…,就…as soon as
用作介词 (prep.)
no other than
    正是,就是just

词汇搭配

经典引文

  • 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

than的详细讲解:

词语用法

conj. (连词)
  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. 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。
prep. (介词)
  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。

词义辨析

conj. (连词)
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。
  • 词源解说

    • ☆ 直接源自古英语的than,意为然后。
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