在托福词汇里有很多词汇有着“深远的意义”由于多意会造成很多考生对词汇“知其一不知其二”造成理解上的失误，以下文章“托福词汇大剖析：more than意思知多少”为大家讲述more than这个词汇的多个意思：

第一、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.

第二， “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.

第三，“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.

第四，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.

第五，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.

第六，“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.

第七，“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.