【than音标】 英[ðən] 美[ðən]
【单词释义】 than是什么意思：
conj.比（用于比较级）；宁愿…而不愿；除…以外；一…就
prep.超过；比
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【than形近词/近似词】
plan n.计划；打算 v.计划，打算，设计
urban adj.城市的
groan n.呻吟声，叹息声；抱怨，牢骚 v.呻吟；叹息；咕哝；抱怨
loan n.贷款；借款；借用 v.借给；借出
moan n. 呻吟声，呜咽声；<非正式>不满，牢骚 v. 呻吟；抱怨，发牢骚
scan v.扫描；审视；浏览 n.扫描；浏览
span n.跨度，墩距；范围；时间跨度 vt.持续，贯穿；横跨，跨越
【常用短语】
no more than adv. 只是；仅仅
not more than 不超过;不到;至多
other than 除了；不同于
rather than 而不是；宁可…也不愿
【单词例句】
◇ The wolf thought to himself, "Now that sweet young thing is a tasty bite for me. She will taste even better than the old woman. You must be sly, and you can catch them both."
狼在心中盘算着：“这小东西细皮嫩肉的，味道肯定比那老太婆要好。我要讲究一下策略，让她俩都逃不出我的手心。”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ He did not know what the birds were or where’d they flew. But all the same, he was more drawn towards them than he had ever been by any creatures before.
他不知道那些鸟儿的名字，也不知道他们要飞去什么地方。不过他爱他们，好像他从来还没有爱过什么东西似的。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant's.
她又擦着了一根火柴，现在她发现自己正坐在非常美丽的圣诞树下面，比透过那富商家的玻璃门看到的那株还要大、还要美。
◇ She said, "Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am."Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried.
她说:“白雪公主没有我漂亮，没有一个人比我更漂亮。”然后，王后坐在床上哭了。
---- Snow White
◇ In fact, "brushing your teeth" is something of a misnomer. "Think of brushing your gumline, rather than the teeth themselves," says Hirschfeld. "The teeth will then be brushed automatically."
实际上，“刷牙”这个词有点用词不当。赫希菲尔德说：“刷牙该刷的是牙龈，而不是牙齿本身。在刷牙龈时牙齿也会被刷到。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ He continued speaking, "You have been in the woods while I stayed at home, but I know more than you do."
便雅明说：“你们去了森林，我一个人呆在家里，可我知道的却比你们知道的还要多。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ I have learned there is a limited set of answers applicants give in response to this question and one particular answer is so much better than all the others. It leaves me with a much more favorable impression than any of the other answers.
求职者听到这个问题时，有几种回答，其中有一种回答明显优于其它，给我留下更好的印象。
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ But Karen herself was cleanly and nicely dressed; she must learn to read and sew; and people said she was a nice little thing, but the looking-glass said: "Thou art more than nice, thou art beautiful!"
不过现在珈伦却穿起干净整齐的衣服来。她学着读书和做针线，别人都说她很可爱。不过她的镜子说："你不但可爱；你简直是美丽。"
---- The Red Shoes
◇ "I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers," said the Emperor at last, after some deliberation, "he will be best able to see how the cloth looks; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is."
“我要派诚实的老部长到织工那儿去看看，”皇帝想。“只有他能看出这布料是个什么样子，因为他这个人很有头脑，而且谁也不像他那样称职。”
◇ Kuang reached Toronto which lies slightly near the border at a misty dawn. There was frost and the broad downtown streets were very quiet. Though it was early, Kuang phoned his schoolmate in a booth nearby at once rather than waiting for him to come. They had a good time together.
光在一个薄雾笼罩的黎明到达稍稍接近边境的多伦多，地上有霜，宽阔的市区街道很安静。尽管还很早，光却不愿等待，立刻就在附近电话亭给同学打了个电话。他们在一起度过了美好的时光。