英汉词典

than 基本解释

• conj. 比（用于形容词、副词的比较级之后）；除…外（用于other等之后）；与其…（用于 rather等之后）；一…就（用于 no sooner等之后）
• prep. 比；超过
• n. (Than)人名；(老、柬、德)坦；(缅)丹

than 中文词源

来自 then 的拼写变体，并于 18 世纪开始成为两个不同的词，并产生词义上的分化。如 A is bigger than B,原义为 A is bigger,then B.

than 英文词源

than

than: [OE] Than is ultimately the same word as then, and the two were used interchangeably until the end of the 17th century. It is not clear how the adverb came to be used as a conjunction denoting comparison, although it is possible that the comparison implicit in expressions like ‘This one is better; then there is that one’ may have led on to ‘This one is better than that one’.
=> then

than (conj.)

Old English þan, conjunctive particle used after a comparative adjective or adverb, from þanne, þænne, þonne "then" (see then). Developed from the adverb then, and not distinguished from it by spelling until c. 1700.

The earliest use is in West Germanic comparative forms introducing the second member, i.e. bigger than (compare Dutch dan, German denn), which suggests a semantic development from the demonstrative sense of then: A is bigger than B, evolving from A is bigger, then ("after that") B. Or the word may trace to Old English þonne "when, when as," such as "When as" B is big, A is more (so).

than 双语例句

1. Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement.

他们所谓的回答不过是表示承认的咕哝罢了。

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2. She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.

她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。

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3. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.

这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。

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4. Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!

热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下!

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5. Father had no more than a superficial knowledge of music.

父亲对音乐只懂一点皮毛。

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than 实用场景例句

I'm older than her.

我比她年龄大。

牛津词典

There was more whisky in it than soda.

那里面的威士忌比苏打水多。

牛津词典

He loves me more than you do.

他比你更爱我。

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It was much better than I'd expected.

这比我预料的要好得多。

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You should know better than to behave like that.

你应当明白事理，不该那么不懂规矩。

牛津词典

I'd rather email than phone, if that's OK by you.

如果你认为可以的话，我想发电邮而不打电话。

牛津词典

It never takes more than an hour.

所用的时间从不会超过一个小时。

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It's less than a mile to the beach.

离海滩不足一英里远。

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There were fewer than twenty people there.

那里有不到二十个人。

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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。

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Hardly had we arrived than the problems started.

我们刚到，问题就来了。

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The radio only weighs a few ounces and is smaller than a cigarette packet...

这台收音机重量仅为几盎司，比香烟盒还小。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Indian skins age far more slowly than American or Italian ones.

印度人的皮肤比美国人或意大利人的皮肤衰老得慢得多。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They talked on the phone for more than an hour.

他们在电话里谈了一个多小时。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the three-match Test series in England, starting in less than two months time...

再过不到两个月就要在英格兰开始的三场制国际板球对抗赛

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations...

这一协定与其说体现了两个国家之间真正的伙伴关系，还不如说是一种形式。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I would rather stare at a clear, star-filled sky than a TV set...

我宁可凝视繁星满天的晴朗夜空也不愿盯着电视机。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of the world.

洪水割断了该镇居民与外界的联系.

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