than
美 [ðən]英 [ðən]
- conj.比；除…(以外)；(刚刚…)就；与其…(毋宁,宁愿,不如,索性)
- prep.小于；（用以引出比较的第二部分）比；（表示一事紧跟另一事发生）就
thanthan
1.（用以引出比较的第二部分）比used to introduce the second part of a comparison
2.more/less/fewer, etc. ~（比较数量、距离等）多于，小于，少于used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc.
3.（表示一事紧跟另一事发生）就used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another
1
Workers shall not use, or be required to use, any other means of access than the means specified or allowed by this Article.
除本条所规定或准许的上下船设备外，工人不得使用或被命令使用其他设备。
2
It used to puzzle me why institutional traders as a group performed so much better than private traders.
令我不解的是，为什么机构交易者的表现比个人交易者要好那么多。
3
Their vulnerability to obesity is much more the result of societal inequalities than of any character flaw.
他们易患肥胖，更多源自社会不平等，而非性格缺陷。
4
To say nothing is often more difficult than expressing the anger, love and betrayal with words.
用无声表达你的愤怒、爱意和不忠通常比用言语来表达要困难得多。
5
Gliacyte was more sensitive than neuron. A small number of enveloped virions were observed in nucleus and cytoplasm of gliacyte and neuron.
胶质细胞内的核衣壳多于神经元，胶质细胞和神经元的细胞质内和胞外可见少量有包膜的完整病毒。
6
Whatthey called sleeping with the enemy, Krupp called dealing with theworld as it is rather than as he wished it to be.
克拉普认为这是“与敌同眠”，他认为应该按照问题的本来面目，而不是按照自己的想法进行处理。
7
Some scientists, however, doubt that the mummy is Nefertiti. They said the mummy is much more likely to be male rather than female.
不过一些科学家却不相信这具木乃伊就是娜芙提提，他们说那具木乃伊更像是男性而非女性。
8
It was the first time since the Great Depression that the Fed had made a loan like this to an entity other than a bank.
自大萧条以来，这还是美联储第一次像这样借钱给一家公司而不是银行。
9
The moment Logan hit the ground should have been the end of this story rather than one more beginning I could have chosen.
洛根坠地的那一时刻本应成为这个故事的结局，而不是我当时可能选择的又一个开端。
10
In poor countries the focus of political and business life is often rent-seeking rather than wealth creation.
在贫穷国家，政治及商业生活的重点往往是寻租，而非创造财富。
11
It sounds wonderful. But my capital is less than the requirement. Would you do me a favor to let me enjoy such preferential treatments?
看来很不错啊，我的资金离那个数还差一点儿，帮个忙，让我也能享受那些待遇，行不行？
12
His company, however, ended up in the red. It lost more money than it earned. The company was no longer profitable.
但是，他的公司就没这么好运了，出现财政赤字，亏的钱比赚的还多，不再盈利了。
13
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
我又告诉你们，骆驼穿过针的眼，比财主进神的国还容易呢。
14
Expert said, the rate of sleepless in West Virginia is twice higher than other states, for the sake of obesity and other healthy problems.
专家称，西弗吉尼亚州的睡眠不足发生率约为全国值的两倍，这可能是由肥胖等健康问题造成的。
15
Actually, millions of human beings have had a hand in my creation, no one of whom even knows more than a very few of the others.
事实上，有成百万参与了我的诞生过程，他们中没有谁能比别人知道得多一点。
16
It's of a dog pulling a child out of the water. The silly old bastard can't draw any better than a child of ten.
那个又老又笨的混蛋画得根本不比一个十多岁的小孩强多少。
17
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I gave birth to him in pain. "
雅比斯比他弟兄更尊贵，他母亲给他起名叫雅比斯，意思说：我生他甚是痛苦。
18
The moment of going to that journalism college, for me, was more significant than college itself.
对我来说，上新闻学院的那一刻远比学院生活本身更有意义。
19
She smiled happily at him as she ran out the door. Though the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
女孩高兴的冲他笑笑，跑出了小店。皮特透过橱窗的玻璃目送她远去，忽然感到比从前更加深刻的孤独。
20
But in less time than it takes to drink two cups of tea Baoyu was back again. The sight of him made her sob convulsively.
没两盏茶的工夫，宝玉仍来了.林黛玉见了，越发抽抽噎噎的哭个不住。
21
The rent is much higher than in Taipei. So you can imagine how difficult it was for me, a foreign student, to be forced to move immediately!
房子的租金比台北贵多了，所以你们可以想像，我一个留学生在那边，又被逼著要马上搬家，那种情况有多困难啊！
22
Today we begin in earnest of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little better than the one we inhabit today.
今天，我们做出诚挚的努力，希望我们留给孩子们的世界，比我们今天继承下来的再好一点点。
23
It's conversational in tone: Blog writing tends to be a little more personal than most writing.
口语化：博客写作比其它多数写作都更个人化。
24
The two-box problem, which I described last week, is one in which a knowledge of probabilities seems to be a hindrance rather than a help.
在“两个盒子问题”（我上周对此进行了描述）中，概率方面的知识似乎成了妨碍而不是帮助。
25
New research suggests that, besides being too small to be alive, they may also be made of something not much more complex than simple chalk.
新的研究表明，除了他们太小不能存活，他们也许是由一些比简单的粉笔复杂多的物质组成。
26
Journey can take place in more than just a geographical dimension. Many of the journeys of Harry Potter are journeys of the mind.
旅程可以发生在地理空间，也可以发生在心田之中。哈利波特的许多旅程，属于心灵之旅。
27
I suddenly said to her frankly, that I enjoyed her conversation and that I thought her incomparably more cultured and developed than I.
我突然对她说了，我欣赏她的言谈，我认为她文化修养比我高得无法比拟。
28
He said he has more confidence in Mr. Zardari than in the previous Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf.
他说，他对扎尔达里比对巴基斯坦上一任总统穆沙拉夫更有信心。
29
You can leave notes in a notebook just as you wrote them or convert your scribbles into text, with more misses than hits in my test.
您可以在笔记本电脑上记笔记，就像平时书写一样，程序会将您的手写文字转换成文本，但经本人测试，识别率有待提高。
30
A glittering club career which included seven Bundesliga titles and two German Cups was more than matched by his international achievements.
闪耀的俱乐部生涯囊括了7个德甲冠军和2座德国杯，这足以配得上他在国家队的成就。