弋戈 发表于 2007-4-19 20:19:21

no more than VS not more than;

no&nbsp;more&nbsp;than的意思是“只不过”，not&nbsp;more&nbsp;than的意思是“不多于”。试比较： <BR>There&nbsp;are&nbsp;no&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;ten&nbsp;tickles&nbsp;left.&nbsp;剩下不到十张票。&nbsp;(有“票少”的含义) <BR>The&nbsp;experiment&nbsp;was&nbsp;done&nbsp;by&nbsp;not&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;5&nbsp;persons.&nbsp;做这个试验的人不到五个。(没有“多”或“少”的含义，只是客观地说明数目) <BR>This&nbsp;room&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;bigger&nbsp;than&nbsp;that.&nbsp;这个房间并不比那个大。&nbsp;(有“两个房间都不大”的含义) <BR>This&nbsp;room&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;bigger&nbsp;than&nbsp;that&nbsp;one.这个房间不比那个大。&nbsp;(没有“两个房间都不大或都不小”的含义) <BR>[注]注意not&nbsp;….&nbsp;Any&nbsp;more&nbsp;than或no&nbsp;more...than在下面句子中的用法。如： <BR>They&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;do&nbsp;the&nbsp;impossible&nbsp;any&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;we&nbsp;can.他们和我们同样不能做不可能的事情。 <BR>He&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;more&nbsp;diligent&nbsp;than&nbsp;I&nbsp;am.他和我同样不勤奋 <BR><BR>no&nbsp;less&nbsp;than和not&nbsp;less&nbsp;than <BR>no&nbsp;less&nbsp;than的意思是“不亚于”，not&nbsp;less&nbsp;than的意思是“不少于”。试比较： <BR>There&nbsp;were&nbsp;no&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;a&nbsp;thousand&nbsp;people&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;meeting. <BR>到会的有一千人之多。(有“到会人多”的含义) <BR>There&nbsp;were&nbsp;not&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;one&nbsp;thousand&nbsp;people&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;meeting. <BR>到会的至少有一千人。(没有“到会人多或人少”的含义) <BR>This&nbsp;song&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;less&nbsp;popular&nbsp;than&nbsp;that&nbsp;one.这首歌之受欢迎不亚于那首歌。(有“两首歌都受欢迎”的含义) <BR>This&nbsp;song&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;less&nbsp;popular&nbsp;than&nbsp;that&nbsp;one.这首歌受欢迎的程度不比那首差。(纯粹比较。不一定有“两首歌都受欢迎”的含义)
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