A poet who wants to write blues can attempt to avoid this problem by poeticizing the form—but literary blues tend to read like bad poetry rather than like refined folk song.
一个想写蓝调的诗人可以尝试通过把蓝调诗意化来避免这个问题，但是文学蓝调读起来更像糟糕的诗歌而不是优雅的民歌。
It waddled towards the pool, looking less like a predator than like an elderly sumo wrestler tottering uncertainly towards a bout with a reigning champion.
它摇摇摆摆地走向水池，看起来不像是一个食肉动物，而更像是一个年老的相扑选手蹒跚地走向和卫冕冠军的一场较量。
Whereas Biro had once spoken of the absolute objectivity and infallibility of fingerprint analysis, he now sounded more like a connoisseur than like a scientist.
而比罗曾经谈起指纹分析时，说它”完全客观，绝无过错“；但现在他讲话就像个艺术品鉴赏家，而不是一个科学家。
So I think that it's more like how you spend your time doing stuff type of question, or type of answer than like something that I've learned specifically from college.
所以我觉得这个问题的关键更像是在于你如何支配自己的时间去做各种事情,而不是在于我在大学里学到什么具体的技能。
The path to each decision is so short and irresistible, more like an electric pulse than like a weighing of options, that the reader is hard-pressed to explain what happened.
每一个决定的过程，都如此短暂而无法反对，与其说是各种选择间的衡量（读者很难去解释选择过程中到底发生了什么），不如说是电光火石般就完成了。
Scene 1: Harry Potter was born a wizard but after Voldemort, an evil wizard, kills his parents, he is raised by his relatives, the Dursleys, who treats him more like vermin than like a family member.
场景一：哈利·波特生下来就是一名巫师，自从坏巫师伏地魔杀害了他的亲生父母后，他便被交由亲戚德斯礼一家抚养，他们待他不像亲人而更像害虫。
Both children were very like Robina, but were much fairer than she was.
两个孩子都很像罗比娜，但是头发颜色比她的浅得多。
I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught.
与我所学的相比，我更喜欢你这种解释。
At first sight it looked less like a capital city than a mining camp.
第一眼看上去它不像一座首都城市倒更像一个采矿工地。
Natural fabrics like silk and wool are better insulators than synthetics.
丝绸和羊毛之类的纯天然织物比合成纤维更加保暖。
I like this coat better than that one.
我更喜欢这件大衣，而不是那件。
The opening speeches sounded more like declarations of war than offerings of peace.
那些开幕辞听起来更像宣战书而不是和平倡议。
At night the house was more than ever like a stranger's.
到了晚上，这所房子比以往任何时候都更像一个陌生人的家。
And I like cherries more than you!
我比你更喜欢樱桃！
Football is more popular than tennis, but I like tennis best.
足球比网球更受欢迎，但我最喜欢网球。
Some people think that people who prefer to read for pleasure will have better imagination and language skills than people who like watching TV.
有些人认为喜欢读书消遣的人比喜欢看电视的人有更强的想象力和语言能力。
We know that some people are more affected than others, like children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and people of color.
有些人比其他人更容易受到影响，比如儿童、老人、残疾人和有色人种。
I like tomatoes more than pumpkins.
比起西红柿，我更喜欢南瓜。
Your wife may like them more than pyjamas.
比起睡衣，您夫人或许会更喜欢它们。
In short, I like online reading more than paper reading.
总之，比起纸质阅读，我更喜欢在线阅读。
I like her more than her husband.
我喜欢她多于喜欢她丈夫。
He's more like a film star than a lifeguard, really.
与其说他像个救生员，倒不如说他像个影星，真的。
There's nothing in the world I'd like more than to visit New York.
访问纽约是我最想做的事。
Under certain conditions, electrons can behave like waves rather than particles.
在某些条件下，电子能像波而不是粒子那样运动。
"I like some of his novels better than others," I said noncommittally.
我不置可否地说：“他的小说有几部我更喜欢些。”
I like to make suggestions rather than setting down laws and forcing people to follow them.
我喜欢提建议而不是制定法律并强迫人们去遵守。
You should know better than to behave like that.
你应当明白事理，不该那么不懂规矩。
We'd like nothing better than to see him walk off with the big prize.
没有什么能比他轻而易举地获得大奖而更令我们欢喜的了。
Perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past.
与不久前相比，现在的父母也许更有父母的样子了。
Perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past.
与不久前相比，现在的父母也许更有父母的样子了。
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