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more1 /mɔː $ mɔːr/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv   → maw
1  [used before an adjectiveadj or adverbadv to form the comparative]MORE THAN something OR somebody ELSE having a particular quality to a greater degree 更，更加，较为 OPP less
 You’ll have to be more careful next time.
你下次要更小心一点。
 Can’t it be done more quickly?
不能快一点吗？
much/a lot/far more
 Children generally feel much more confident working in groups.
儿童在小组中活动一般会自信得多。
more ... than
 It was a lot more expensive than I had expected.
它比我估计的要贵得多。
 Your health is more important than anything else.
你的健康比什么都重要。
 Children can often do these puzzles more easily than adults.
儿童往往比成年人更会做这些益智游戏。
 Selling goods abroad is no more difficult (=not more difficult) than selling to the home market.
做外销和做内销一样不难。
5 GRAMMAR 语法
Do not use more before the -er form of an adjective or adverb. more 不用于形容词或副词的-er形式之前
Driving is cheaper (NOT 不说 more cheaper) than going by rail.
开车比坐火车便宜。
n GRAMMAR: Comparatives
More is not used before the -er form of an adjective or adverb. You say:
The train is quicker than the bus.
✗Don’t say: The train is more quicker.
2  MORE THAN BEFOREused to say that something happens a greater number of times or for longer 更经常，更长久 OPP less
 I promised Mum that I’d help more with the housework.
我答应妈妈我会多帮忙做家务。
 You need to get out of the house more.
你需要多到室外去。
more than
 Children are using the library more than they used to.
儿童对图书馆的使用比以前要多。
 He travels around a lot more now that he has a car.
他现在有了车，出去跑的时间就多得多了。
3  MORE/EXTRAused to say that something happens to a greater degree 更强烈地；更大程度上 OPP less
 She cares a lot more for her dogs than she does for me.
她关心她的狗远远超过关心我。
more than
 It’s his manner I dislike, more than anything else.
我最讨厌的就是他的态度。
4  more and more MORE THAN BEFOREused to say that a quality, situation etc gradually increases 越来越 SYN increasingly
 More and more, we are finding that people want to continue working beyond 60.
我们越来越多地发现，人们希望工作到60岁以后。
 As the disease worsened, he found walking more and more difficult.
随着病情的加重，他发现走路越来越困难。
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more and more• More and more people are taking early retirement.• With more and more reactors coming on stream every year, it was inevitable that problems would begin to occur.• I find myself thinking about it more and more.• People seem to be getting allergies more and more.• Today, more and more people commute long distances.• As more and more land was planted with cash crops, the lack of pasture became a serious problem in many districts.• As our unit grew from five to ten, it began to look more and more like Dash Riprock.• At the same time more and more males are accumulating in all-male groups.• Charles began to lose his balance more and more often.• The statistics leave no doubt that the triumph of capital has lead to more and more unequal distribution of income and wealth.
5  more or less almost 几乎，差不多
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more or less• "Did they have what you were looking for at the hardware store?" "Yes, more or less."• There were 50 people there, more or less.• The Trilogy helped create this new man of labor, who is more or less a paralegal.• Look also for R Centauri, a red Mira-type variable more or less between the Pointers.• And then I was using it more or less daily for years ...• This time she saw pebbles laid out over the whole of the surface, more or less evenly spaced.• Lesbians, being women, were more or less ignored as in-consequential so long as they were quiet about their sexuality.• Alexei was a mining engineer in the Kuzbas, but he had more or less refashioned himself into a translator.• Some programs will let you set the size of the buffer to keep more or less text.• This report says more or less the same thing as the previous one.• What she says is more or less true.• As things are, it's more or less useless.
6  once more 
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once more• Try calling her once more.• It remains only for these new actors to play it out once more.• The sequence Coincides again after 260 days and the new Sacred Round begins with 1 Imix once more.• Their electron traps are bleached during transport but after sedimentation and burial they begin to accumulate electrons once more.• The voices and noise around them became apparent once more, a tide of excited news, a civilized clamor.• Tireless, she came back once more and was condemned to death.• He settled once more on the ceiling.• And after the computer once more refuses to load the game, you type mouse. exe at the Cprompt.• Instead, the Packers are thriving, proving once more that sound management is the most significant factor in sports.• Once more the soldiers attacked.
7  not anymore  (also no more literary)NOW if something does not happen anymore, it used to happen but does not happen now 不再
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not anymore• Alex doesn't work here any more.• Well, not any more than usual.• Well, not any more, but he did once when I was a kid.• At one time doctors recommended red meat as part of a healthy diet but not any more.• Do what you like. I don't care any more!• I didn't want to get back inside, not any more.• Perhaps yes I did love her once but not any more.• She used to wonder where he'd been in the meantime, but not any more.• There is no profit to be made there, Guillamon, not any more.• These procedures are not any more likely to be successful beyond this limit.• Well, maybe not now, not any more, now the results were so clear.
8  more than happy/welcome/likely etc VERYvery happy, welcome, likely etc – used to emphasize what you are saying 非常乐意/欢迎/可能等〔用于强调所说的话〕
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more than happy/welcome/likely etc• The Cap'n had been to Jarman House once ... would be coming again more than likely.• The accident, as it turns out, was a broken mirror and more than likely a shortage of time.• We trooped along and he more than likely brought his mate John Grey along with him.• If the leader is open, receptive, and responsive to you, the others will more than likely follow suit.• And as to the finish, well, they'd be more than happy for you to check the results for yourself.• For the most part, gallery staffers are more than happy to answer questions and discuss artists.• If this is not possible, then most printers are more than happy to visit enquirers.• They spend the time getting space for some new person who more than likely will leave.
9  the more ..., the more/the less ...the more/the less ... the more ... used to say that if a particular activity increases, another change happens as a result 越…越…
10  be more something than something to be one thing rather than another 与其说…，倒不如说…
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be more something than something• When dealing with only a few dollars, these kind of interactions can be more amusing than annoying.• A drop in voltage can be more serious than a power cut.• She was more naked than if she were wearing nothing.• Yet, when you came down to it, what was more natural than murder?• Some rocks are more porous than others.• Mission-driven organizations are more efficient than rule-driven organizations, for one.• There are more antique stores than supermarkets, more cafes than gas stations.• The disease of tuberculosis is more dangerously infectious than that of leprosy...
11  more than a little VERY formal fairly 相当
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more than a little• Love: the word would be utterly meaningless in this context; no more than a little blast of sound.• He was more than a little disappointed that his son was not athletic.• The ex-boyfriend is more than a little interested.• Many of these ideas depend more than a little on what you believe in.• It may be no more than a little park near work or a church that you stop by during lunch hour.• Gordon was, he admitted, more than a little relieved.• Educators, meanwhile, often view business with more than a little suspicion, distrust, and envy.
12  no more does/has/will etc somebody  spoken old-fashioned used to say that a negative statement is also true about someone else 某人也不 SYN nor, neither
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no more does/has/will etc somebody• In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.• Men appear to be no more willing to support women in their traditional roles than women are to assume them.
13  no more ... than NOTused to emphasize that someone or something does not have a particular quality or would not do something 根本不…，完全不…
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no more ... than• Bob Dole Wednesday, is that no more than 16 percent of independents will vote.• The moon still hung in the sky but was no more now than a white stain.• For no more than church religion did public religion live up to what its creeds professed.• He resented Michael Banks, but no more than he resented anyone else more famous than he was.• For the believer the Kingdom as a heavenly reality is no more than one generation away.• They were no more than survivals from the past.• For perceived health values there were five items; no more than two responses were allowed to be missing.
→ more often than not at often(5), → more fool you/him etc at fool1(7), → that’s more like it/this is more like it at like1(11)
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more• I couldn't agree more.• In all cases the depth of knowledge required should be more advanced than that required for Professional Examinations.• More and more, we are finding that students lack basic skills when they enter college.• People are using mobile phones more because they are cheaper.• Determinedly she put her worries and the root cause of her despondency behind her and tried to think more cheerfully.• This suggests to Ishmael that the entire universe is more closely interrelated than man has yet admitted.• You can see the buildings from the ground, of course, but they look more dramatic from the air.• People here are far more friendly than they are in England.• She's more intelligent than her brothers.• I think you look more like your aunt Margaret than your sister does.• The old version of Tomb Raider was a lot more limited in scope than this one.• Can it be done more quickly?• Windows 95 users have a newer and more reliable program called DriveSpace.• Our future competitiveness and prosperity depend more than ever before on technology and industry.• Visitors to the centre complained about the service more than last year.• Anthony needs to practise more than the other students, but he gets it right in the end.• Add more warm water if mixture is dry.• I promised Mom I'd help more with the housework.
much/a lot/far more• And you will weep a lot more, before things are over.• As these few highlights suggest, there is a lot more to nothing than meets the eye.• He had a lot more company this time.• I had suggested some new tropical disease was a far more likely explanation.• On a far more extensive scale than we have done hitherto, we must help refugees in their own and neighbouring countries.• The system allows a lot more flexibility in the way the fireplace can be placed in the house.• This means more work, but it also gives us a lot more flexibility.• When the band became serious, I thought this is a far more contemporary and interesting way to make an artistic statement.
more than• It was a lot more expensive than I had expected.• There were more accidents on the highways this year than last year.• She cares more for her dogs than she does for me.• They haven't been gone more than two or three days.• We'd like to see our grand-daughter more than we do.
a lot more• And I think I know a lot more about myself.• In his final year, Babbitt got a lot more aggressive about preserving the nation's wild places.• That was a lot more exposure than one would get from some old paint.• They stayed friends all through the next ten years, and I find that a lot more interesting than a simple affair.• Well, it's a lot more interesting than that.• The answer seems to be that there is a lot more looking than investing.• This can cause loss of control, or at least a lot more work for the controller.
more2 ●●● S1 W1 determiner , pronoun [comparative of ‘many’ and ‘much’]  
1  MORE THAN A NUMBER OR AMOUNTa greater amount or number 更多的数量 OPP less, fewer
2  MORE/EXTRAan additional number or amount 另外的，更多的 OPP less
3  more and more MORE THAN BEFOREan increasing number or amount 越来越多 OPP less and less
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more and more• As more and more land was planted with cash crops, the lack of pasture became a serious problem in many districts.• As our unit grew from five to ten, it began to look more and more like Dash Riprock.• At the same time more and more males are accumulating in all-male groups.• Charles began to lose his balance more and more often.• Each layer of desire becoming more and more poignant, each movement more painful, exquisite.• The statistics leave no doubt that the triumph of capital has lead to more and more unequal distribution of income and wealth.• With more and more reactors coming on stream every year, it was inevitable that problems would begin to occur.
4  not/no more than something ONLYused to emphasize that a particular number, amount, distance etc is not large 不超过，至多
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not/no more than something• The crystal was no more than a glimmering outline in the darkness.• But it is no more than a seed in 1215.• They are no more than about 20% efficient.• The insurance covers not more than five days in the hospital.• Send in a good quality tape with no more than four songs.• Their bosses view them as no more than glorified typists and they are denied career opportunities.• Some were no more than motionless translucent blobs.• They were no more than survivals from the past.• The house is no more than ten minutes from the beach.• Although their investigations are supposed to take no more than two weeks, they often stretch to several months.
5  the more ..., the more/the less ...the more/the less ... the more ... RESULTused to say that if an amount of something increases, another change happens as a result …越多…也越多/就越少
6  be more of something than something to be one thing rather than another 与其说…还不如说…
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be more of something than something• The role of the computer analysts may be more of facilitator than designer, helping to realise the users' wishes.• Inside, the piers were massive and there were more of them than in examples further west.• The boundaries of the study area are more of convenience than purely zoogeographical, because of the paucity of material from certain regions.• To my eyes there was more of strength than refinement in the face ...• There are more of them than there are of us.• Soon there will be more of us than there are of you.• There were more of them than there used to be, he was sure of it.• There was more of everything than there were people.
7  no more than 
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no more than• We were standing no more than 10 yards away from the scene of the crime and we didn't realize it.• It was little more than a scratch.• Here, then, no more than a few points in passing.• The two year ban which he received has been no more than a minor inconvenience to him.• David watched the car drive slowly away, until it was no more than a speck in the distance.• It all came from the idea that a woman was no more than a useful object for a man.• And no more than one in twenty earned a college degree.• Historical incidents were no more than superficial disturbances of the established order or recurring events of unchanging significance.• But they do not necessarily conclude that a thing is no more than the sum of its attributes.• Dunbar had said no more than the truth, the archers could do it all.• Keep it brief no more than two typed pages.• It's no more than you deserve.
8  (and) what’s more AND/ALSOused to add more information that emphasizes what you are saying 而且
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(and) what’s more• All stylishly embossed with your club's emblem. What's more, each item carries an equally attractive price tag.• And what's more, I can always teach.• And what's more it's clean.• And what's more it's encouraging people to be brief and efficient.• The company is perceived through its design, is judged by it. What's more, people buy design rather than function.• And what's more, scarce a word out of you.• What's more, the price of a mobile home often includes appliances.• And what's more, they're free!• These detergents are environmentally friendly; what's more, they're relatively cheap.• Yes, it had a heater and, what's more, you could even have air conditioning and automatic transmission.
9  no more something used to say that something will or should no longer happen 不会再有某事；不要再有某事
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no more something• Give me one kiss and I will think of your saucy appeal against me no more.• The Profitboss does so much and no more, knowing his limits.• At its end, the current process will leave broadcasters no more spectrum than they now have.• But formidable capital cost stood in the way of such improvements, and irrigation remained no more than a theoretical possibility.• Customers now expect to have a satellite finished and ready for launch in no more than a year and a half.• We also have it that effects do no more than dependently necessitate their causal circumstances.• John-Augustus tried to josh himself into accepting that his own bout was no more than that.
→ more’s the pity at pity1(4)
 THESAURUS
more in addition to an amount or number 更多（的）；更大（的）
Can I have some more coffee?
我再喝点咖啡好吗？
I have one more question.
我还有一个问题。
It only costs a few dollars more.
这只要再多花几美元。
further [only before noun] formal as well as the ones that you have already mentioned 更多（的）；更进一步（的）
She will remain in hospital for further tests.
她要留在医院作进一步检查。
They waited for a further two hours.
他们又等了两小时。
supplementary formal in addition to the main part of something 增补的，额外的，附加的
Supplementary information is available on request.
如有要求，可提供补充信息。
a supplementary question
补充问题
supplementary income
额外收入
extra in addition to the usual or standard cost, time, amount etc 〔费用、时间、数量等〕额外的，另外的
They let the kids stay up an extra hour.
他们让孩子们晚睡了一小时。
Some stores charge extra for delivery.
有些商店收取送货费。
Postage is extra.
邮费另计。
additional [only before noun] more than the basic amount or the amount that you expected or agreed. Additional is more formal than extra 额外的，添加的；超出（预计）的〔比extra更正式〕
An evening job would provide additional income.
晚上打工可以增加收入。
There may be an additional charge for paying bills by credit card.
用信用卡付款可能会被收取额外费用。
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much/a lot/far more• And you will weep a lot more, before things are over.• As these few highlights suggest, there is a lot more to nothing than meets the eye.• He had a lot more company this time.• I had suggested some new tropical disease was a far more likely explanation.• On a far more extensive scale than we have done hitherto, we must help refugees in their own and neighbouring countries.• The system allows a lot more flexibility in the way the fireplace can be placed in the house.• This means more work, but it also gives us a lot more flexibility.• When the band became serious, I thought this is a far more contemporary and interesting way to make an artistic statement.
a little/many/some/any more• Feel a strong stretch in the left calf-if you don't, move body forward a little more.• And we need to be a little more aggressive physically.• If virtually nothing is known of the town defences, only a little more can be said about the streets.• Night Train Express is a little more expensive.• People are relaxing a little more in their wardrobes and the way they do business.• Only a little more indirect is the effect of the same cuckoo genes on the behaviour of the besotted host.• I thought he was a little more settled tonight, he was more in control.• One protest site is in a parking lot a little more than a block away from the United Center.
more1 adverbadv →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2more2 determiner →THESAURUS1
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