1、nomorethan表示“还不如……没强哪去，没多哪去”比较的双方都不多或者不好，有贬义。nolessthan也是类似的意思，多含感情色彩有时褒有时贬，要看上下文lessthan和morethan无褒贬义，只是客观陈述少于notmorethan和notlessthan也是只是more/lessthan的否定客观陈述不多于nomorethan和nolessthan多用于描述，而非比较。1、more than ① (指数量)多于： I’ve known him for more than twenty years. 我已认识
2、他20多年了。 ② 不只是，不仅仅是(通常后接名词、动词、从句等)： He is more than a father to her. 他待她胜过父亲。 He more than smiled, but laughed. 他不只是微笑，而是放声大笑。 The result was much more than I imagined. 结果远远超过我的想像。 ③ 极其，非常(通常后接形容词、副词或分词等)： She was more than kind to us. 她对我们很友好。 He was more than up
3、set by the accident. 这个意外事故使他非常心烦意乱。 ④ 难以，完全不能(其后通常连用情态动词 can)： That is more than I can tell (=I can’t tell that). 那事我实在不明白。 More than +名词 表示“多于……”、“非但……尤其是”如: Modern science is more than a large amount of information. Jason is more than a lecturer; he is
4、a writer, too. More than +数词 含“以上”或“不止”之意，如： I have known David for more than 20 years. Let‘s carry out the test with more than the sample copy. More than +形容词 表示“很”或“非常”的意思，如：In doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the instrum
5、ents. I assure you I am more than glad to help you. 肯定“more”后面的而否定“than”后面的，表示是“与其说……不如……”，如： The difference between pure linguistics and applied linguistics is more apparent than real. This book seems to be more a manual than a text. More than或More.
6、..than...＋含“can”的分句时表示“否定意”，如： That's more than I can do. Don't bite off more than you can chew. 另外，“more than”也在惯用语中，如： More offen than not （经常），people tend to pay attention to what they can take rather than what they can give. 1)用于数词(或相当于数词的词之前),作"多于、大于"解。如:
7、 More than one man was killed. 被杀害的不止一人。 2)作"非常,极其"解。如: He is more than pleased. 他非常高兴。 They were more than willing to help. 他们非常愿意帮忙。 3)作"超出……的"解。如: I more than saw it, I felt it too. 我不仅仅是看见了它,我都感觉到它了! This is more than I can tell. 那我就不知道了。 2. less than ① (指数量
8、)不到，不足： It’s less than a mile to the station. 去车站不到一英里。 In less than an hour he finished the work. 没要上一个小时他就做完了工作。 ② 比…(小)少： Two is less than Three. 二比三小。 She
