【辨析1】no more… than --- 与not more… than --- 接句子时的区别
1.no more --- than --- 含有否定意义,表示“与---一样不---”。
2.not more ---than --- 具有肯定意义,表示“不如---”。
比较1:
① Tom is no taller than Jack. 汤姆和杰克一样不太高。
② Tom is not taller than Jack. 汤姆没有杰克高。
比较2:
① He speaks English no more clearly than I. 他和我一样英语说不太清楚。
② He doesn’t speak English more clearly than I. 他说英语没有我清楚。
注意1:no more---than --- 表示“--- 与 --- 几乎一样”,但是程度低。
He jumped no farther than
注意2:no more --- than --- 还可以后接名词或者动词。
I can no more sing than he can dance. 我不会唱歌就像他不会跳舞一样。
The spider is no more an insect than the whale is a fish. 正如鲸不是鱼一样,蜘蛛不是昆虫。
【辨析2】no more than 与not more than 接数词时的区别
1、no more than后接数词,表示“仅仅”相当于only
2、not more than后接数词,表示“不超过”
例如:
① He concluded his idea in no more than sixty words. 他只用了60个字来总结他的观点。
② He concluded his idea in not more than sixty words. 他用了不足60个字来总结他的观点。