than [ðæn; 弱ðən; ðn]
conj.连词
1.[用于形容词、副词的比较级之后]比；与…比较：
例句:
She is taller than me.
她比我高.
Thomas arrived earlier than the others.
托马斯比其他人早到.
2.[用于 anywhere,different,else,other,otherwise 等之后]除…(外)：
例句:
She has no other friend than Jane.
除简外她没有朋友.
It was none other than the professor.
不是别人,正是教授本人.
3.[用于 barely,hardly,scarcely之后,表示时间]一…就…：
例句:
Scarcely had I seen him than he spoke to me.
我刚看见他,他就跟我说起话来.
They barely arrived than it was time to leave.
他们刚到就该离开了.
4.[用于 rather,sooner等之后]与其…(毋宁、宁愿或不如…)：
例句:
I prefer to work rather than go to holiday to the seaside.
我宁愿工作也不愿去海滨度假.
prep.介词
1.[书面语][用于 than whom,than which 两个词组]比;与…比较：
例句:
a writer than whom there is none finer
最佳作家
He is a teacher than whom a better dose not exist.
哪个教师也比不上他.
2.[用于计量数目之前]超过：
例句:
This car goes faster than 120 miles per hour.
这辆汽车的时速超过120英里.
短语
1.no more than仅仅,只是
2.none other than正是,不是别的
3.no other than