little more than和a little more than用法解析

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1.little more than只,只不过;仅仅

与数量词连用表示“言其少”。与非数量词连用表示“只不过;仅仅”等。

It’s worth little more than a shilling.

这只不过值一先令。

He left little more than an hour ago.

他刚刚在一小时之前离开。

But let us suppose that the Atlantic Ocean is now regularly crossed by enormous hovercraft. The hovercraft, with a thousand motorcars on board, moves at 100 miles per hour, and is across the Atlantic in little more than one day.(复且大学 《英语》三 168 页)

让我们设想,现在有许多的气垫船定期跨越大西洋航行。装载着上千辆汽车的气垫船的航速每小时一百英里,气垫船只消花上一天时间就能渡过大西洋。

He was little more than a child when his father died.

他父亲去世时,他差不多还是个孩子。

Aid to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean.

目前对第三世界的援助只不过是杯水车薪。

The American working man fought hard to achieve what he has. In the beginning he was little more than a slave.

美国劳工为了获得今日的一切经历了艰苦卓绝的斗争。起初美国劳工只不过是奴隶而已。

He left school with little more than a basic education.

他只接受了点基础教育就退学了。

The President will be little more than a figurehead.

总统将不过是个傀儡而已。

2a little more than 比.…多一点,好一点,胜出一点等

He spent a little more than twenty dollars.

他花了20美元多一点。

I'm now a little more than two years out of college.

我现在已经大学毕业两年多了。

A little more than kin, and less than kind. (Hamlet 1.2)

超乎寻常的亲族,漠不相关的路人。--《哈姆雷特》

To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.

为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历,那人喝得稍许多了一点。

另外:

a little less than 才是“比……少一点,差一点,逊色"如:

He is a little less capable than his elder brother.他的能力比他哥哥差一点。

Ten is a little less than eleven.十比十一少一点。

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