than

英 [ðən] 美 [ðən]

• conj. 比；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

than的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

conj. (连词)

1. 比，比较
2. 一…就…
3. 与其...（毋宁、宁愿、不如、索性）
4. 除了...，除…外

prep. (介词)

1. 超过
2. 比，与...相比、比较

双解释义

conj. (连词)

1. 比(用于比较级) (used in comparative sentence)
2. 宁愿…而不愿 expressing a contrast

prep. (介词)

1. 与…相比 in comparison with

than的用法和样例：

例句

用作连词 (conj.)

1. She was older than I was.
   她年纪比我大。
2. I was inspired to work harder than ever before.
   我受激励比以往任何时候都更加努力地工作。

用作介词 (prep.)

1. This street is four times shorter than that one.
   这条街道比那条短四倍。
2. John is more diligent than anyone else in his class.
   约翰比班上其他的同学用功。

常用短语

用作连词 (conj.)

barely〔hardly〕...than...

一…,就…as soon as

用作介词 (prep.)

no other than

正是,就是just

词汇搭配

• Easier said than done. 说时容易做时难。...
• other than 除了
• No sooner said than done. 说到做到。
• holier-than-thou 假仁假义的
• nothing less than 完全是
• no better than 和 ... 一样不好...
• better than one's word 做的比说的好...
• no better than one should be 举止不检点
• neither more nor less than 完全同于
• more praise than pudding 恭维多而实惠少...
• have eyes bigger than the belly 嘴馋
• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一环薄弱全局坏。...
• Better an open enemy than a false friend. [谚]虚伪的朋友比公...
• Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。
• Example is better than precept. 身教胜于言传。...
• prevention 阻止
• Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于空谈。...
• than ever 比以前
• otherwise than 不像(与 ... ...
• nothing more than 仅仅

经典引文

• Sophia, than whom none was more capable of [etc.].

  出自： Henry Fielding

• I..could not be expected..to be wiser than her.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

• It wasn't more than ten feet by twelve.

  出自： J. Conrad

• I have done her less than justice.

  出自： R. Macaulay

• I'm a great deal happier than I was at 28.

  出自： V. Woolf

• A..creature who looked far older than her fifty years.

  出自： Ina Taylor

• A man a few years older than me.

  出自： B. Vine