than

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #166 ★★★★★

conj. 比, 除...外 prep. 比

发音

US /ðæn/
US /ðæn/

别名

'n thanne then dan

教材释义与例句

连词

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）

used when comparing two things, people, situations etc

介词

比；超过

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    At that time; then.

conj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

    The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.

    she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no (other) choice than to return home; I love you more than (what) she does, but less than he, or than I do your sisters.

    Profits were higher than forecast.

    City dwellers have a higher cancer rate than do countrymen. Apparently, they drink more than is good for 'em.

  2. 2.

    Because; for.

    方言 废旧

    If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.

prep. A1
  1. 1.

    Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

    比

    Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.

    No player is more skillful than Greg.

相关短语

more often than not 多半, 通常 easier said than done 谈何容易 rather than 与其...不如... other than 不同于, 除了 nothing less than 和...一模一样, 完全是... nothing more than 不过是... than a bygod than again then again 而且; 其次; 还有; （引出另外情况, 或相对照的情况）不过/可是话又说回来 there's more than one way to skin a cat 不要在一棵树上吊死 have eyes bigger than one's belly bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂 blood is thicker than water 血浓于水 the pen is mightier than the sword 文胜于武，笔胜于剑 actions speak louder than words 行胜于言

词源

From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then; than”), German denn (“for; so”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then.

来源：wiktionary