Question

“no more than”和“not more than”的区别是？

Answer 1

1.
no
more
than
表示“仅仅”、“只有”(=
only)，强调少；而
not
more
than
表示“不多于”、“至多”(=
at
most)。如：
he
is
no
more
than
an
ordinary
english
teacher.
他只不过是个普通的英文老师。
he
has
no
more
than
three
children.
他只有
3
个孩子。
he
has
not
more
than
three
children.
他最多
3
个孩子(有或许还不到
3
个之意)。
2.
用于比较两件事物时，no
more
...
than
表示对两者都否定，意为“同……一样不”(＝neither
...
nor)；而
not
more
...
than
指两者虽都具有某种特征，但程度不同，意为“不如”、“不及”(=
not
so
...
as)。如：
he
is
no
more
a
writer
than
a
painter.
他不是画家，也不是作家(=
he
is
neither
a
painter
nor
a
writer)。
a
whale
is
no
more
a
fish
than
a
horse
is.
马不是鱼，鲸也不是鱼(=neither
a
horse
nor
a
whale
is
a
fish)。
she
is
not
more
clever
than
he
is.
她不如他聪明(=
she
is
not
so
clever
as
he
is)。