词汇 | than |
释义 | than (preposition) than 45 ENTRIES FOUND: than (conjunction) than (preposition) holier-than-thou (adjective) lighter-than-air (adjective) anything (pronoun) barrel (noun) bite (verb) bite (noun) blood (noun) chew (verb) devil (noun) eye (noun) few (adjective) fun (noun) head (noun) heat (noun) know (verb) large (adjective) less (adjective) less (adverb) less (pronoun) life (noun) light (noun) little (adverb) loud (adjective) meet (verb) molasses (noun) monkey (noun) more (adverb) more (pronoun) none (pronoun) not (adverb) nothing (adverb) other (adjective) rather (adverb) say (verb) shake (verb) speak (verb) stick (noun) stomach (noun) string (noun) thick (adjective) water (noun) word (noun) worse (adjective) 1 than /ˈðæn/ /ðən/ conjunction 1 than /ˈðæn/ /ðən/ conjunction Learner's definition of THAN 1 — used to introduce the second or last of two or more things or people that are being compared比(用于两个或多个人或事物做比较时引出后者) — used with the comparative form of an adjective or adverb与形容词或副词的比较级连用 Ten is less than 20.10比20小。 She is younger than I am. = (somewhat formal) She is younger than I.她比我年轻。 He can run more quickly than his father (can).他可以比他父亲跑得快。 Both recipes use more salt than mine (does).这两种烹饪方法用盐量都比我的多。 The situation will improve sooner than you think (it will).情况的改善会比你想象的要快。 The meeting will end no later than noon. [=it will end at noon or some time before noon]会议最迟中午结束。 Losing weight is easier said than done. [=is difficult to do]减肥说起来容易,做起来难。 I would rather go out to dinner than cook at home tonight.今晚我宁可出去吃饭,也不想在家做饭。 Your hair looks better (when it's) brown than (when it's) blond.你的头发看上去棕色比金色好看。 She would rather/sooner work four jobs than move out of Manhattan to live somewhere cheaper.她宁肯打四份工,也不愿意搬离曼哈顿,住到便宜的地方去。 — see also other than at 1other, rather than at rather 2 — used to say that something happens immediately after something else立即;就 Hardly/scarcely had the sun come up than dark clouds began to roll in.太阳刚出来,乌云就开始滚滚而来。 No sooner had I spoken than he appeared. [=he appeared immediately after I spoke]我刚一说完,他就出现了。 2 than /ˈðæn/ /ðən/ preposition 2 than /ˈðæn/ /ðən/ preposition Learner's definition of THAN : when compared to比 — used with pronouns in the objective case (me, her, him, them, and us) in the same way that the conjunction than is used with pronouns in the subjective case (I, she, he, they, and we)介词than与代词宾格(me、her、him、them和us)连用时,其用法与它作为连词与代词主格(I、she、he、 they和we)连用时的用法相同 She is younger than me. [=she is younger than I (am)]她比我年轻。 I'm taller than him. [=I'm taller than he (is)]我比他高。 Usage用法 Some people consider the use of than as a preposition to be incorrect. It is very common, however, especially in the phrase than me.有些人认为把than用作介词不正确。不过,这一用法很常见,尤用于短语than me。 none other than — see 1none |
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