| 单词 | more |
| 释义 | more (mɔːʳ ) More is often considered to be the comparative form of much and , many. 1. determiner A1 You use more to indicate that there is a greater amount of something than before or than average, or than something else. You can use 'a little', 'a lot', 'a bit', ' far', and 'much' in front of more. More and more people are surviving heart attacks. He spent more time perfecting his dance moves instead of gym work. ...teaching more children foreign languages other than English. It's a good idea to give adolescents a little more information than they ask for. More is also a pronoun. As the level of work increased from light to heavy, workers ate more. He had four hundred dollars in his pocket. Billy had more. More is also a quantifier. Employees may have to take on more of their own medical costs. [+ of] The urgent need to bolster the reforms is beginning to demand more of his attention. 2. phrase A1 You use more than before a number or amount to say that the actual number or amount is even greater. The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year. ...classy leather and silk jackets at more than £250. ...a survey of more than 1,500 schools. 3. adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb] A1 You use more to indicate that something or someone has a greater amount of a quality than they used to or than is average or usual. Prison conditions have become more brutal. We can satisfy our basic wants more easily than in the past. 4. adverb If you say that something is more one thing than another, you mean that it is like the first thing rather than the second. The exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is more a production than it is a museum display. He's more like a film star than a life-guard, really. She looked more sad than in pain. Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror. She's more of a social animal than me. 5. adverb [ADVERB with verb] B1 If you do something more than before or more than someone else, you do it to a greater extent or more often. When we are tired, tense, depressed or unwell, we feel pain much more. What impressed me more was that she knew Tennessee Williams. Synonyms: to a greater extent, longer, better, further 6. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 You can use more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more. some more phrase B2 You can use some more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. We walked some more. 7. adverb [adv ADV, noun ADVERB] B2 You use more to indicate that something is repeated. For example, if you do something 'once more', you do it again once. This train would stop twice more in the suburbs before rolling southeast toward Munich. The breathing exercises should be repeated several times more. 8. determiner A1 You use more to refer to an additional thing or amount. You can use 'a little', 'a lot', 'a bit', 'far' and 'much' in front of more. They needed more time to consider whether to hold an inquiry. More is also an adjective. We stayed in Danville two more days. Are you sure you wouldn't like some more coffee? More is also a pronoun. Oxfam has appealed to western nations to do more to help the refugees. 'None of them are very nice folks.'—'Tell me more.' 9. pronoun You can use more in expressions like 'no more, no less' and 'neither more nor less' to indicate that what you are saying is exactly true or correct. I told him the truth. No more, no less. I'm sixty-two. I feel sixty-two, neither more nor less. 10. adverb You use more in conversations when you want to draw someone's attention to something interesting or important that you are about to say. The way we dress reflects who we are and, more interestingly, who we wish we could be. More seriously for him, there are members who say he is wrong on this issue. 11. more and more phrase B1 You can use more and more to indicate that something is becoming greater in amount, extent, or degree all the time. Her life was heading more and more where she wanted it to go. Bob became more and more furious. More and more women are wearing men's fragrances. 12. more or less phrase B2 If something is more or less true, it is true in a general way, but is not completely true. [vagueness] The Conference is more or less over. He more or less started the firm. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age. Synonyms: approximately, about, nearly, close to 13. more than phrase B2 If something is more than a particular thing, it has greater value or importance than this thing. He's more than a coach, he's a friend. 14. more than phrase B2 You use more than to say that something is true to a greater degree than is necessary or than average. Lithuania produces more than enough food to feed itself. ...accommodation which is roomy and offers more than generous stowage. 15. no more than/not more than phrase B2 You use no more than or not more than when you want to emphasize how small a number or amount is. [emphasis] Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build. He was a kid really, not more than eighteen or nineteen. 16. nothing more than phrase If you say that someone or something is nothing more than a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they are only that thing, and nothing more interesting or important. [emphasis] The newly discovered notes are nothing more than Lang's personal journal. 17. what is more phrase B2 You can use what is more or what's more to introduce an extra piece of information which supports or emphasizes the point you are making. [emphasis] He was now a king, and what was more, a well-beloved king. You should remember it, and what's more, you should get it right. 18. all the more adverb All is used in structures such as all the more or all the better to mean even more or even better than before. The living room is decorated in pale colours that make it all the more airy. 'How are you?'—'All the better for seeing you.' 19. any more phrase B1+ If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true. I don't want to see her any more. We felt we had no home any more, no family, nothing. I couldn't keep the tears hidden any longer. Quotations: Please, sir, I want some moreOliver Twist The more, the merrier Translations: Chinese: 更多的, 更多, 更多 Japanese: さらに多い, さらに多く, それ以上のこと |
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