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than preposition, conjunction ukstrong /ðæn/weak /ðən/usstrong /ðæn/weak /ðən/ A1 used to join two parts of a comparison: 比 My son is a lot taller than my daughter.我的儿子比女儿高得多。 You always walk faster than I do!你总是走得比我快! You're earlier than usual.你比平时早。 A2 used with "more" or "less" to compare numbers or amounts: (与 more 或 less 连用,比较数量) I spent more than I intended to.我花的比我原打算的要多。 It cost less than I expected.它比我预计的便宜。 Ben knows much more about movies than I do. I've always believed that happiness counts more than money.我一直认为幸福比金钱更重要。 Do you think Australia is a more democratic country than Britain?你觉得澳大利亚比英国更民主吗? It was farther to the shops than I expected. The fast train to London takes less than an hour. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast after again albeit at any rateidiom at leastidiom best but disjunctive given however in the face of somethingidiom in the teeth of somethingidiom mind nonetheless rate slice spite though tooth when
than | American Dictionary than preposition, conjunction us/ðæn, ðən/ used to join two parts of a comparison: My brother’s older than you. You’re earlier than usual. Than is used with more or less to compare numbers or amounts: He wrote more than 20 books. He spent less than a year there. |