Than
Than（英[ðæn , ðən]，美[ðæn , ðən]），英语单词，连词，译为比；除…；与其。短语搭配有rather than（而不是）、more than（超过）、less than（小于）。例句为“Young people in Britain are more likely than other Europeans to take illegal drugs.（英国的年轻人比其他欧洲人更有可能服用非法毒品。）”
该单词连词的近义词为immediately、directly，介词的近义词为beyond、without、above1。
基本信息
- 外文名
Than
- 词性
连词、介词、名词
- 释义
比、多于、人名
基本词义
than 【/ðən/ DJ /ðən/ KK /ðæn/ DJ /ðæn/ KK】
preposition, conjunction
used to introduce the second part of a comparison （用以引出比较的第二部份）比
I'm older than her. 我比她年龄大。
There was more whisky in it than soda. 那里面的威士忌比苏打水多。
He loves me more than you do. 他比你更爱我。
It was much better than I'd expected. 这比我预料的要好得多。
You should know better than to behave like that. 你应当明白事理，不该那么不懂规矩。
I'd rather e-mail than phone, if that's OK by you. 如果你觉得可以的话，我宁愿发电子邮件也不打电话。
used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc. （比较数量、距离等）多于，小于，少于 more/less/fewer, etc. ~
It never takes more than an hour. 所用的时间从不会超过一个小时。
It's less than a mile to the beach. 离海滩不足一英里远。
There were fewer than twenty people there. 那里有不到二十个人。
used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another （表示一事紧跟另一事发生）就
No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door. 我刚坐下就有人大声敲门。
Hardly had we arrived than the problems started. 我们刚到，问题就来了。
英语字典
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