2021考研英语:More和Less疑难用法总结

More

more than

(接名词/名词从句)不仅仅是

Butself-image is more than how you picture yourself; it also involves how others seeyou.但是自我形象不只是你如何描述自己，也包括别人如何看你。

(接数词)多于,大于

More than half of all residential power goes into running house hold appliances.家里超过一半的电用在运行家用电器上了。

(接形容词/副词/动词,表示程度大)极大地,很,非常

Most parents are more than happy to use cell phones to keep track of their kids.大多数父母非常乐意用手机跟踪他们孩子。‖In 40 years between 1961 and 2001, India morethan doubled its population, from 452 million to more than 1 billion.从1961年到2001年的40年间，印度人口增加了2倍多，从4.52亿增加到了10亿。

(接句子)表示否定

He was watching my hands, more than he was watching his own.他一直看我的手，而不是看他自己的手。

接比较从句(从句一般省略宾语)比…更多,更强

They rarely spent more than they could earn.他们的消费很少超过他们的收入。

not more than=at most

(数量) 不多于,不超过

A hot lunch can contain up to 30% fat, but not more than 10% of its calories (卡路里)should come from saturated (饱和的) fat.热腾腾的午饭含高达30%的脂肪，但最多有10%的卡路里来自于饱和脂肪。

no more than

(数量,强调少)最多,至多

A law passed recently allows many students to pay no more than one tenth oftheir income for their college loans.最近通过的法律允许学生们最多支付他们收入的十分之一来还大学贷款。

(程度,表肯定)不过是,无非是

The food industry tries to relieve the public worry about sugar intake bysuggesting that sugar is no more than a source of energy.食品行业试图通过表明糖只是能量的来源来打消公众对于糖摄入量的担忧。

前有否定不定代词not…anything, nothing, little, rarely, scarcely,hardly等时,与no more than意思一样

In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy transientrelief. 许多情况下，钱不过是买来了短暂的解脱，并没有多大作用。‖Thel ittle man was hardly more thanone meter fifty high.那个小个子男人不过一米五高。

no more A than B =not A any more thanB

(同级比较,否定than前与than后句子的意思) 像B不…,A也同样不…,B和A一样不…,B为than后面句子It'svery easy to spend four years majoring in English literature and come outno more employable than you were before you went in. 花4年时间学习英国文学很容易，但结果却像和四年前没上大学一样不好找工作。‖Humans should not try to avoidstress any more thant hey would shun (避免) food, love or exercise.人类不应该试图避免压力，就像他们无法离开食物、爱情和运动。

not more…than不如,不及(此用法最常见，此处不举例)

more A than B

(肯定A,否定B) ,是A而不是B,与其是B,还不如是A

The women's liberation movement has to spend more time changing women'sattitudes than it spends in changing men's.妇女解放运动必须花时间改变妇女们的态度，而不是花时间改变男人的态度。

more of A than B

(肯定A,否定B) ,是A而不是B,与其是B,还不如是A When it comes to politics, attractivenessis more of anobstacle than a benefit to women.说到政治，对于妇女来说，外表上的吸引力是阻碍而不是益处。

(and) what’s more

而且 In fact, you were born with imagination. It is your birth right as a human being.And what'smore, you use it everyday almost every moment of your life.事实上，你生来就具有想象力，这是人类生而有的权利。而且，一生中每天每刻你都在使用它。

more and more

越来越 The solution to agricultural problems has to depend more and moreon genetically modified (GM) technology.农业问题的解决方法越来越依赖于转基因技术。

more or less

几乎,差不多 They are more or less isolated from the outside world.他们几乎与外部世界隔绝了。

the more/比较级…,the more/比较级… 越…越…

The more you give, the happier you will be.给予越多，你越快乐。

not…any more不再

I am not working any more.我不在工作了。

Less

less than + 形容词 (表否定not at all)

一点也不,不太

27 million Americans cannot read at all, anda further 35 million read at a level that isless than sufficient to survive in our society.有两千七百万美国人不会阅读，其中有三千五百万人阅读水平不够在社会上生存。

no less than

(强调多)多达,不少于

The theme of your paper can be about business management or touring resources inChina, and the length of the paper should be no lessthan fifteen pages. 你论文的主题可以是商务管理或者中国旅游资源，论文篇幅应该不少于15页。

not less than=at least

至少,不少于,感情色彩没有no less than强

no less A than B

(同级比较,肯定than前与than后的句子意思)像B...,A也同样...,B和A一样...,B为than后面句子

Older people are no less intelligent than young people.老年人和年轻人一样聪明。‖Theimpact of

a wife's work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage decisions.妻子工作对婚姻决定和对离婚的影响都是不明确的。

less A than B

(否定A,肯定B),是B而不是A,与其是A,还不如是B

Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis onpressure than efficiency.一些公司引入弹性工作时间，更多地强调效率而不是压力。‖Thequick adoption of the scheme may have indicated less about the state lawmakers'respect for working people than about a fear of risking their anger.该法案的迅速通过表明的可能不是州法律制定者对工人的尊重，而是害怕工人们高涨的愤怒情绪。

much less

不用说,更何况

Indeed, almost every scientist now finds it impossible to read all the works relevantto his own subject,much less reading extensively outside of it. 事实上，现在几乎所有的科学家都认为不可能读完所有与他们自己的课题相关的作品，更何况是自己课题之外的广泛阅读。

less and less

越来越少

American kids are involved less and less in household work.美国小孩越来越少做家务。‖Iam starting to like the whole course less and less.我开始越来越不喜欢整个课程。

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