• I am not more mad than you. 我没有你那么疯。 • At this news, the boy was not more astonished than delighted. 听到这个消息，那男孩与其说是惊讶，不如 说是高兴。 • The effect of wine on his brain was not more powerful than instantaneous. 对他的大脑而言，酒的作用与其说强烈， 不如说立即见效。
Translation Task 1
more than的汉译
• More than+名词或名词性短语
1. She is more than a teacher to us. 她对我们而言可不仅仅只是老师。 2. My trip to Thailand is more than sightseeing. 我去泰国不仅仅是旅游观光。
• Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. • 正像拥有钢琴并不能使你成为钢琴家，有 孩子不见得会使你成为好家长。
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. 蠢人看不到自己的愚蠢，就像他看不到自己 的耳朵一样 • We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. 我们不创造幸福就无权享受幸福，正如不创 造财富就无han + 从句
1. It is more than flesh and blood can bear. 此非血肉之躯可以承受。 2. It takes more than guns to fight an enemy. 与敌作战，可不只是靠枪炮。
no more…than+从句或短语
1. He is no more able to read Spanish than I am. 2. I am no more crazy than you are. 3. The whale is no more fish than the dog is.
三个特点
• 主句中的否定词no不仅否定主句中的谓语，还转 移到后面否定比较状语从句中的谓语 • 较之主句所否定的内容，than后面起比较作用的 从句或短语所否定的内容往往更为人所知或认可， 从而有助于强调主句中的否定
• 虽然than后的从句或短语起加强主句否定的作用， 但主句内容是说话人要表达的主要信息。
• 可采用的翻译句式： 不…就像…不
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
not more…than + 从句或短语
• I am not more mad than you. • At this the boy was not more astonished than delighted. • The effect of wine on his brain was not more powerful than instantaneous. • Than后面的从句是说话人要表达的重点，可采用 “与其说…不如说”、“不是…而是”翻译