●　A. “More than＋名词”表示“多于……”、“非但……尤其是”如：

1)Modern science is more than a large amount of information.

2)Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.

●　B. “More than＋数词”含“以上”或“不止”之意，如：

3) I have known David for more than 20 years.

4)Let‘s carry out the test with more than the sample copy.

●　C. “More than＋形容词”等于“很”或“非常”的意思，如：

5)In doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the instruments.

6)I assure you I am more than glad to help you.

●　D. 在“More...than...”中，肯定“more”后面的而否定“than”后面的，约等于“是……而不是……”如：

7)The difference between pure linguistics and applied linguistics is more apparent than real.

8)This book seems to be more a manual than a text.

9)Catherine is more diligent than intelli-gent.

10)Hearing the loud noise, the boy was more surprised than frightened.

●　E. “More than”或“More...than...”＋含“can”的分句时表示“否定意”，如：

11)That‘s more than I can do.

12) Don‘t bite off more than you can chew.

13)In delivering his lecture, Jason makes sure not to include more things than the students can understand.

●　F. “No more...than...”表示“不……；不如……”，如：

14) I can no more do that than anyone else.

15)A learner can no more obtain knowledge without reading than a farmer can get good harvest without ploughing.”

“No more…...than...”的语义，也可用“not any more than...”来取代，因此 15 可以变成 16。

16)A learner cannot... any more than ...”同样的， 17可以变成 18：

17)Dr Hu is no more a poet than Dr Wu is a philosopher.

18) Dr Hu is not a poet any more than Dr Wu is a philosopher.

此外，“more than”也在一些惯用语中出现，如：

19)More offen than not （经常），people tend to pay attention to what they can take rather than what they can give.

20)All of us are more than a little concerned about（非常关心）the current economic problems.