more than 后跟名词时可以看作是 adj 短语修饰名词吗?如:
Hibernation is more than sleep.
Bamboo is used for more than building
This secret is more than we can let out.
more than 后跟名词时可以看作是 adj 短语修饰名词吗?如:
Hibernation is more than sleep.
Bamboo is used for more than building
This secret is more than we can let out.
【答】这样理解不全面,也不准确。
more than 仍然表示“比较”概念。more 表示数量上的“多于”,程度上的“大于”,规模上的“超过”等意义,在翻译时可根据句意酌情处理。than 是介词或连词,表示“跟...比较” 的概念。我觉得,分解开来反而更容易理解句意。再说,你的句3中,than 后的成分是个句子,不是名词。
此外,more than + 名词中,如果动词不是be,那么,more than 就无法理解为形容词。例如:
I eat more than Tom. (注:如果more than 是形容词的话,Tom 成了eat的宾语?)
She likes music more than the boys.(注:the boys 是likes的宾语?)
其实,就像前面所说:more than 仍然表示“比较”概念。more 表示数量“多于”,程度“大于”,规模“超过”的意义。than是介词或连词,表示“跟...相比”概念。分别举例说明:
1. more than +数字:
I remember more than 5000 English words.
(分析:比5000多,意味着“超过5000,多于5000”)
2. more than +名词:
Hibernation is more than sleep.
(分析:“冬眠多于普通的睡眠”,意味着冬眠“超过,多于”睡眠,实际就是:冬眠不仅仅是普通的睡眠。)
3. more than +形容词:
She is more than careful.
(分析:比“认真”的程度还大,意味着“非常认真,不一般的认真”)
4. more than +句子:
What you said is more than I can understand.
(分析:你说的话超过了我的理解,意味着“你的话我理解不了”。)
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