●A. “More than＋名詞”表示“多于……”、“非但……尤其是”如： 
1)Modern science is more than a large amount of information.
2)Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.
 
●B. “More than＋數(shù)詞”含“以上”或“不止”之意，如： 
3) I have known David for more than 20 years. 
4)Let‘s carry out the test with more than the sample copy.
 
●C. “More than＋形容詞”等于“很”或“非�！钡囊馑�，如： 
5)In doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the instruments.
6)I assure you I am more than glad to help you.
 
●D. 在“More...than...”中，肯定“more”后面的而否定“than”后面的，約等于“是……而不是……”如： 
7)The difference between pure linguistics and applied linguistics is more apparent than real.
8)This book seems to be more a manual than a text. 
9)Catherine is more diligent than intelli-gent. 
10)Hearing the loud noise, the boy was more surprised than frightened.
 
●E. “More than”或“More...than...”＋含“can”的分句時表示“否定意”，如： 
11)That‘s more than I can do. 
12) Don‘t bite off more than you can chew. 
13)In delivering his lecture, Jason makes sure not to include more things than the students can understand.
 
●F. “No more...than...”表示“不……；不如……”，如： 
14) I can no more do that than anyone else. 
15)A learner can no more obtain knowledge without reading than a farmer can get good harvest without ploughing.”
“No more…...than...”的語義，也可用“not any more than...”來取代，因此 15 可以變成 16。
16)A learner cannot... any more than ...”同樣的， 17可以變成 18： 
17)Dr Hu is no more a poet than Dr Wu is a philosopher. 
18) Dr Hu is not a poet any more than Dr Wu is a philosopher. 
此外，“more than”也在一些慣用語中出現(xiàn)，如：
 
19)More offen than not （經(jīng)常），people tend to pay attention to what they can take rather than what they can give.
 
20)All of us are more than a little concerned about（非常關(guān)心）the current economic problems.
總之，“more than”看似簡單，其實很有內(nèi)涵，味道雋永。