More than与rather than是两个在意义上容易棍淆的两种结构,初学者不易掌握,现试析如下,希同行指教。 一、More than这一结构表示比较关系,than为连词,引出一比较状语从句,而这一从句往往以省略的形式出现。(即:和主句相同的部分均可省略。) a、In a few years strangers observed that our people were better educated and had more knowledge than people at the same economic circumstances in other counties. 几年来外国人都评论说我们的人民比其他经济状况相同国家的人民受到了较好的教育,具有更多的知识。 More than and rather than two are easily confused in the sense of two structures, beginners not easy to grasp, now try as follows, Greek peer advice. First, more than this structure that is more relevant than than conjunctions, leads to a more adverbial clause, and this clause often appear in the form of omitted. (That is, the same part as the main sentence can be omitted.) A, In a few years strangers observed that our people were better educated and had more knowledge than people at the same economic conditions in other counties. Our people are better educated and have more knowledge than people in other countries in the same economic situation.