英语词汇“more than”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†g. Chiefly Scottish. more than: (used to exclude or deny a second sentence element that is parallel with one in a previous negative clause) in any greater degree than, to any greater extent than. Cf. any more adj., pron., n., and adv., no more pron. and n. 2. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a greater extent

more thanc1485

more so1735

more by token1816

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 214 A wood man..has na knaulage of wit na resoun mare than a beste.

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 66 [There] suld..haue bene..na schame mare of thai membris nore thar wse, na js now of seing ore hering.

?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) Nane of Scottis blude: In Scotland dar him self auow, Mair nor in Iurie dois the Iow.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 560 Is there any reason in you..why I should respect you more than the very Ethiopians?

1838 J. Grant Sketches London 209 Faith, Sir! she did not come back again at a', mair than the ither.

a. [ < more (in sense B. 1) followed by than with an expression of number, amount, or quantity, used adverbially. Compare similar uses of plus quam in classical Latin. < ] more than.

(a) (With an expression of number, amount, or quantity) by an amount exceeding the number or quantity specified; similarly with multiplicative numerals, as more than once (corresponding to more than one treated as a unitary expression).

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a greater extent > in some specific respect

more thanOE

OE Homily: Invention of Cross (Auct. F.4.32) in M.-C. Bodden Old Eng. Finding of True Cross 83 Ic nat hit ne ne can forþan hit wæs gedon mare þonne for hundtiontigum gærum & ic eom iung & þæt ne geman.

?a1300 (a1250) Harrowing of Hell (Digby) (1907) 60 (MED) More þen xxx vinter hit is agon Þat þu hauest fonded me.

c1400 (?c1308) Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 38 (MED) It is more þan twelue moneþ gon.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 196 (MED) Þe scriptur of þaim is mor þan ccclxxij yere old.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. Prol. 12 Reid agane this volume mair than twys.

?1553 Respublica (1952) i. ii. 6 And yonder he cometh me thinketh more then half madde.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii Sheepe, which haue very long tayles more then a foote long.

1696 J. Dryden Lucian in Prose Wks. (1800) III. 360 For this reason he calls himself more than once an Assyrian.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 85 The earthquake..overwhelmed a chain of mountains of free stone more than 300 miles long.

1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 48 His territories in Asia..are more than twenty-one times the size of Scotland.

1946 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Feb. 62/3 Erasmus sat to him more than once.

1990 A. Lurie Don't tell Grown-ups ii. 17 More than 150 years later it was still believed in high-minded progressive circles that fairy tales were unsuitable for children.

(b) Modifying an adjective, adverb, verb, or noun, indicating that the word thus modified is (in some obvious respect) inadequate to the intended meaning (sometimes hyphenated when the whole phrase is itself a premodifier); hence also in derivatives, as more-than-oneness.

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1572 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 168 The grit murtheris and mair then beastlie crewelteis usit..aganis the trew Christianis.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 58 It is..more then conjectured, that Mahomet grounded his devised Paradise, upon the Poets invention of Elisium.

a1626 F. Bacon Controv. Church Eng. in Wks. (1879) I. 344 It is more than time that there were an end..made of this immodest..manner of writing.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 9 So frequent Death, Sorrow, He more than causes, He confounds.

1777 Earl of Chatham Speech on Addr. 18 Nov. These more than popish cruelties.

1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 15 Dec. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 163 The orator was more than usually brilliant.

1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa xiii. 521 'Twas more than noon.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 203 Places that it was hardly safe to have descended at more than a walk.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iii. v. 80 O, my more than sister, 'tis hell!

1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide xix. §116 My much more than disrespect for the Jamaica Committee.

1881 Punch 23 July 25/2 The same aged lover was bidding, with rather a ‘plummy’ voice, the More-than-Middle-Aged Heroine ‘good bye for ever’.

1924 H. E. Palmer Gram. Spoken Eng. p. xxvii The words trees, towns, boys, form an association-group through having the..meanings ‘more-than-oneness’ in common.

1960 Observer 20 Mar. 7 A greater degree of restraint in lending would be more than welcome to the authorities.

1994 Economist 17 Dec. 97/2 Strong Al..has been more-than-partially eclipsed by approaches that rely on using computers' ability to scan lots of information fast to spot patterns.

2003 Rev. Eng. Stud. 54 675 One more-than-quibble, however: all these..devices would have been enhanced by an index.

单词	more than
释义	> as lemmas more than †g. Chiefly Scottish. more than: (used to exclude or deny a second sentence element that is parallel with one in a previous negative clause) in any greater degree than, to any greater extent than. Cf. any more adj., pron., n., and adv., no more pron. and n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a greater extent more thanc1485 more so1735 more by token1816 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 214 A wood man..has na knaulage of wit na resoun mare than a beste. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 66 [There] suld..haue bene..na schame mare of thai membris nore thar wse, na js now of seing ore hering. ?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) Nane of Scottis blude: In Scotland dar him self auow, Mair nor in Iurie dois the Iow. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 560 Is there any reason in you..why I should respect you more than the very Ethiopians? 1838 J. Grant Sketches London 209 Faith, Sir! she did not come back again at a', mair than the ither. extracted from moreadj.pron.adv.n.³prep. more than a. [ < more (in sense B. 1) followed by than with an expression of number, amount, or quantity, used adverbially. Compare similar uses of plus quam in classical Latin. < ] more than. (a) (With an expression of number, amount, or quantity) by an amount exceeding the number or quantity specified; similarly with multiplicative numerals, as more than once (corresponding to more than one treated as a unitary expression). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a greater extent > in some specific respect more thanOE OE Homily: Invention of Cross (Auct. F.4.32) in M.-C. Bodden Old Eng. Finding of True Cross 83 Ic nat hit ne ne can forþan hit wæs gedon mare þonne for hundtiontigum gærum & ic eom iung & þæt ne geman. ?a1300 (a1250) Harrowing of Hell (Digby) (1907) 60 (MED) More þen xxx vinter hit is agon Þat þu hauest fonded me. c1400 (?c1308) Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 38 (MED) It is more þan twelue moneþ gon. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 196 (MED) Þe scriptur of þaim is mor þan ccclxxij yere old. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. Prol. 12 Reid agane this volume mair than twys. ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. ii. 6 And yonder he cometh me thinketh more then half madde. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii Sheepe, which haue very long tayles more then a foote long. 1696 J. Dryden Lucian in Prose Wks. (1800) III. 360 For this reason he calls himself more than once an Assyrian. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 85 The earthquake..overwhelmed a chain of mountains of free stone more than 300 miles long. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 48 His territories in Asia..are more than twenty-one times the size of Scotland. 1946 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Feb. 62/3 Erasmus sat to him more than once. 1990 A. Lurie Don't tell Grown-ups ii. 17 More than 150 years later it was still believed in high-minded progressive circles that fairy tales were unsuitable for children. (b) Modifying an adjective, adverb, verb, or noun, indicating that the word thus modified is (in some obvious respect) inadequate to the intended meaning (sometimes hyphenated when the whole phrase is itself a premodifier); hence also in derivatives, as more-than-oneness. ΚΠ 1572 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 168 The grit murtheris and mair then beastlie crewelteis usit..aganis the trew Christianis. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 58 It is..more then conjectured, that Mahomet grounded his devised Paradise, upon the Poets invention of Elisium. a1626 F. Bacon Controv. Church Eng. in Wks. (1879) I. 344 It is more than time that there were an end..made of this immodest..manner of writing. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 9 So frequent Death, Sorrow, He more than causes, He confounds. 1777 Earl of Chatham Speech on Addr. 18 Nov. These more than popish cruelties. 1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 15 Dec. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 163 The orator was more than usually brilliant. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa xiii. 521 'Twas more than noon. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 203 Places that it was hardly safe to have descended at more than a walk. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iii. v. 80 O, my more than sister, 'tis hell! 1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide xix. §116 My much more than disrespect for the Jamaica Committee. 1881 Punch 23 July 25/2 The same aged lover was bidding, with rather a ‘plummy’ voice, the More-than-Middle-Aged Heroine ‘good bye for ever’. 1924 H. E. Palmer Gram. Spoken Eng. p. xxvii The words trees, towns, boys, form an association-group through having the..meanings ‘more-than-oneness’ in common. 1960 Observer 20 Mar. 7 A greater degree of restraint in lending would be more than welcome to the authorities. 1994 Economist 17 Dec. 97/2 Strong Al..has been more-than-partially eclipsed by approaches that rely on using computers' ability to scan lots of information fast to spot patterns. 2003 Rev. Eng. Stud. 54 675 One more-than-quibble, however: all these..devices would have been enhanced by an index. extracted from moreadj.pron.adv.n.³prep. < as lemmas
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