文档介绍:I. more … than
A. The concert was more enjoyable than the lecture.
The living-room is larger than the dinning room.
John is more daring than quick-witted.
e is more intelligent than aggressive.
The present crisis is much more a political than an economic crisis.
B. John is less daring than quick-witted.
e was less intelligent than aggressive.
The present crisis is much less a political than an economic crisis.
He was less hurt than frightened.
II. not so …as / not so much … as
London is not so large as Tokyo.
It wasn’t so much his appearance I like as his personality.
It wasn’t so much that I disliked her as that I just wasn’t interested.
III. not more (-er) than / no more (-er) than
John is not better than Tom.
John is no better than Tom.
Note: no richer than = as poor as
no bigger than = as small as
no later than = as early as
I have not taken more than six courses this semester.
I have taken no more than six courses this semester.
A whale is no more