more /mɔː/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  DET You use more to indicate that there is a greater amount of something than before or than average, or than something else. You can use "a little," "a lot," "a bit," "far," and "much" in front of more. 更多的

  例：

  More and more people are surviving heart attacks.

  越来越多的人在心脏病发作后存活下来。

  例：

  He spent more time perfecting his dance moves instead of gym work.

  他用更多的时间来完善他的舞蹈动作而不是健身。

• 2. 

  PRON More is also a pronoun. 更多

  例：

  As the level of work increased from light to heavy, workers ate more.

  随着工作强度由轻转重，工人们吃得更多了。

• 3. 

  QUANT More is also a quantifier. 更多 [QUANT 'of' def-n]

  例：

  Employees may face increasing pressure to take on more of their own medical costs in retirement.

  雇员们可能面临越来越大的在退休后自己负担更多医疗费用的压力。

• 4. 

  PHRASE You use more than before a number or amount to say that the actual number or amount is even greater. 超过

  例：

  The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year.

  阿富汗当局称该机场已关闭1年以上。

• 5. 

  ADV You use more to indicate that something or someone has a greater amount of a quality than they used to or than is average or usual. 更加 [ADV adj/adv]

  例：

  Prison conditions have become more brutal.

  监狱的条件已经变得更加严酷。

• 6. 

  ADV If you say that something is more one thing than another, you mean that it is like the first thing rather than the second. 与其说…，倒不如说…

  例：

  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。

  例：

  Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror.

  苏尖叫起来，声音不大，与其说是害怕不如说是吃惊。

• 7. 

  ADV If you do something more than before or more than someone else, you do it to a greater extent or more often. 更大程度地; 更经常地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  When we are tired, tense, depressed, or unwell, we feel pain much more.

  当我们疲劳、紧张、沮丧或者身体不适时，就更觉得疼。

• 8. 

  ADV You can use more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. 继续 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.

  如果我再多说一点，结果或许会不同。

• 9. 

  PHRASE You can use some more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. 继续

• 10. 

  ADV You use more to indicate that something is repeated. For example, if you do something "once more," you do it again once. 再次

  例：

  This train would stop twice more in the suburbs before rolling southeast toward Baltimore.

  这辆火车在朝东南开往巴尔的摩前将在郊区多停两站。

• 11. 

  DET You use more to refer to an additional thing or amount. You can use "a little," "a lot," "a bit," "far," and "much" in front of more. 额外的

  例：

  They needed more time to consider whether to hold an inquiry.

  他们需要更多的时间来考虑是否进行一次调查。

• 12. 

  ADJ More is also an adjective. 额外的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  We stayed in Danville two more days.

  我们在丹维尔多呆了两天。

• 13. 

  PRON More is also a pronoun. 更多

  例：

  Oxfam has appealed to western nations to do more to help the refugees.

  牛津饥荒救济委员会已经呼吁西方国家采取更多的措施来帮助这些难民。

• 14. 

  ADV You use more in conversations when you want to draw someone's attention to something interesting or important that you are about to say. 更 (用来吸引听话人的注意力) [ADV adv/adj]

  例：

  More seriously for him, there are members who say he is wrong on this issue.

  对他而言更严重的是，有些成员说他在这个问题上是错的。

• 15. 

  PHRASE You can use more and more to indicate that something is becoming greater in amount, extent, or degree all the time. 越来越

  例：

  Her life was heading more and more where she wanted it to go.

  她的生活正越来越朝着她想要的方向发展。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If something is more or less true, it is true in a general way, but is not completely true. 或多或少地; 大致 [含糊]

  例：

  The conference is more or less over.

  会议大致结束了。

• 17. 

  PHRASE If something is more than a particular thing, it has greater value or importance than this thing. 不只是

  例：

  He's more than a coach, he's a friend.

  他不只是个教练，还是个朋友。

• 18. 

  PHRASE You use more than to say that something is true to a greater degree than is necessary or than average. 超出 (需要或平均水平)

  例：

  The company has more than enough cash available to refinance the loan.

  公司有绰绰有余的现金再为贷款提供资金。

• 19. 

  PHRASE You can use what is more or what's more to introduce an extra piece of information which supports or emphasizes the point you are making. 此外 [强调]

  例：

  Many more institutions, especially banks, were allowed to lend money for mortgages, and what was more, banks could lend out more money than they actually held.

  更多机构，特别是银行，被允许做抵押贷款；此外，银行还可以借出比实际持有量更多的钱。

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