than

conj

• ①[与形容词、副词之比较级连用,通常引导比较对象的副词子句]比,比较
  • She is taller than I (am).她比我高(★在口语中常将than 当作介词,而作She is taller than me.)。
  • I know you better than he (does).我比他更了解你(★does是代动词knows you之意,通常省略)。
  • She speaks English much better than he does.她英语说得比他好得多。
  • I like you better than (I like) her.我比较喜欢你,而比较不喜欢她(★使用代动词I do her亦可,通常都省略,如上例)。
  • She was no bigger than he, though perhaps a year or two older.虽然她年龄可能比他大一两岁,但长得并不比他大。
  • He is no wiser than (he was) before.他一点也没有比以前更明智。
  • Nothing would please me more than that my son should get married.没有什么事会比我儿子结婚更叫我高兴的。
  • She was taller than when I last saw her.她比我上回见到她时更高。
  • I am wiser than to believe that rumor.我不至于傻到会去相信那个谣言。

• ②[接在rather, sooner 等之后]与其…(毋宁),与其…(索性)
  • I would rather [sooner] die than surrender.我宁死也不投降。
  • I prefer to starve rather than (to) steal.我宁愿挨饿也不愿偷窃。

• ③ 1[接在other, otherwise, else等之后;常用于否定句]除…之外,除…以外2[接在different或differently之后]【美口】与…(不同的[地])
  • I have no other friends than you.=I have no friend but you.除了你之外,我没有其他朋友。
  • It was no [none] other than the queen.(=It was the queen herself.)那正是女王本人。
  • I could not do otherwise than wait.我除了等待,别无办法。
  • He did nothing else than laugh.他只是笑笑而已。
  • He took a different attitude toward it than I did.他对它采取与我(所采取的)不同的态度。
  • He saw things differently than I did.他对事物的看法跟我不同。

• ④[用Scarcely [Hardly, Barely]+had+主词+p.p.的句型]【口】=when
  • Scarcely [Hardly] had I arrived than it began to snow.我刚到达就下起雪来了。