Question

有关more than的用法

翻译句子：He is more a spear than anything else.
举个例子用上more ——than——意为“与其说 倒不如说”的意思

Answer 1

He is more lucky than clever. 与其说他聪明不如说他幸运。
He is more a scholar than a teacher.与其说他是位教师，倒不如说他是个学者。

Answer 2

more than
1．very（后接形容词，表示被修饰的形容词的强烈程度）非常；十分；不仅仅
*He was more than upset by the accident．他为此事故深感不安。
*They were more than glad to help us．他们非常乐意帮助我们。
*In doing experiments，you must be more than careful with the precision instruments．在做实验时，你必须特别小心这些精密仪器。
*Such work requires more than indomitable will．这项工作不仅仅需要坚韧不拔的意志。
2．rather（后接副词或分词）简直；十分；不止…
*The girl was more than slightly hurt．这女孩伤得可不轻。
*She behaved more than fairly to him．她对他十分公正。
*I was more than surprised；I was astonished．我不止是诧异，简直是大吃一惊。
3．nearly（后接动词）十分；绰绰有余；大大地；几乎
*He more than hesitated to promise that．他几乎是拒绝答应那件事。
*It was a moonless night，but the brilliant stars more than made up for the want of moonshine．晚来无月，但繁星点点，皎洁明亮，足补月亮之缺而有余。
4．not only（后接名词，或名词从句）不只是…；不仅仅…；非但…尤其…
*He is more than a friend to me．他对我不只是一个朋友。
*My trip to Beijing is more than sightseeing．我到北京的旅行不仅仅是观光而已。
*The stars are something more than huge inert masses；they are machines in action，generating and emitting the radiation by which we see them．星星不只是某种巨大的惰性物质，它们是运动着的机器，产生和放出我们借以看见它们的光。
5．over（后接数词）…以上；不只
*We have studied English for more than ten years．我们学英语已经10多年了。
more…than
rather than与其说…不如说…；是…而不是…
*He is more diligent than clever．与其说他聪明，倒不如说他勤奋。
*It was more a command than a question．这话不是提问，而是一个命令。
*Everything in the world should be regarded more as in motion than as at rest．世界万物都应该看成是在运动之中，而不是处于静止状态。
*The socalled goodquality product is more in name than in reality．这种所谓的优质产品名不符实。