同学们，大家好，今天我们来聊一聊考研英语中比较级more than及其相关结构的用法。
我们今天讨论的more than要与more A than B区分开来。
more A than B表示的意思是“与其说B，倒不如说A”，肯定more后面的内容而否定than后面的。如：Catherine is more diligent than intelligent.（凯瑟琳与其说聪明，倒不如说勤奋。）
而more than后面可以加数词，加名词/动词，也可以加形容词。
A：more than + 数词 = over（超过，多于）
e.g. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. (2001-Text 4)
译文：现在这个数据超过了25%，而且仍在快速增长。
B：more than + 名词/动词 = not only/just（不仅仅，……以上）
e.g. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. (1993-Text 1)
译文：但是，显然这不仅仅是缺少语言的问题。
C：more than + 形容词 = very（表程度，非常）
e.g. I am more than happy to help you.
译文：我非常乐意帮助你。
在more than结构的这三种用法中，我们尤其需要注意第二种用法，more than + 名词/动词。我们通过下面的真题例句，来加强巩固一下这一用法。
e.g. More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services with one another. (1999-Text 2)
译文：最近，随着网络被证实不仅仅是一种时尚，公司之间已开始互相交易产品和服务。
e.g. But what we forget — what our economy depends on us forgetting — is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. (2006-Text 4)
译文：但是我们所忘记的——我们的经济依赖我们忘却的——是：幸福绝不仅仅是没有痛苦的快乐。
好了，通过这两个例句的练习，相信大家已经掌握了more than的用法。最后我们用一道翻译题来结束我们今天的讨论。
They may teach very well, and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment.(2006-翻译-50)
