〇，概述
than最常见的用法是：比较级；另外是构成一些固定短语。
在“老托福听力93篇”材料中，than用法罗列如下：
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[1]比较级 + than,
[1.1]简单形容词比较级 + than,
[1.2]less/more + 复杂形容词 + than,
(1)more than,
(2)less than,
(3)fewer than,
(4)easier than,
(5)greater than,
(6)longer than,
(7)younger than,
(8)less comprehensive than,
(9)more successful with audiences than,
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[2]修饰词 + 比较级 + than,
【修饰词】
小程度：a bit, a little, slightly,
大程度：rather, much, far, a lot, lots, a great deal, significantly, substantially，millions of times,
(10)much more than,
(11)much cleaner than,
(12)far more than,
(13)a lot more than,
(14)significantly more than,
(15)substantially hotter than,
(16)millions of times slower than,
(17)a few feet higher than,
(18)slightly larger than,
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[3]比较级 + 名词 + than, （表示：针对“名词”的比较）
(19)less gravity than,
(20)more energy than,
(21)a better number than,
(22)have more control over time than,
(23)sharper mental skills than,
(24)less interest to hunters than to medical researchers,
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[4]特殊情况，固定搭配
【意思是：和……一样差】
(25)no more than, 只是，仅仅
(26)little more than, 仅仅是，和……差不多，（意思近似于(1)）
【意思是：和……一样好】
(27)nothing less than + adj., 完全是；不亚于；与…一模一样
(28)less than + adj., 没有，不，很少
(29)rather than, 而不是
一、列句截图
[1]比较级 + than,
[1]比较级 + than,
[1.1]简单形容词比较级 + than,
[1.2]less/more + 复杂形容词 + than,
(1)more than,
(2)less than,
(3)fewer than,
(4)easier than,
(5)greater than,
(6)longer than,
(7)younger than,
(8)less comprehensive than,
(9)more successful with audiences than, 
[2]修饰词 + 比较级 + than,
[2]修饰词 + 比较级 + than,
【修饰词】
小程度：a bit, a little, slightly,
大程度：rather, much, far, a lot, lots, a great deal, significantly, substantially，millions of times,
(10)much more than,
(11)much cleaner than,
(12)far more than,
(13)a lot more than,
(14)significantly more than,
(15)substantially hotter than,
(16)millions of times slower than,
(17)a few feet higher than,
(18)slightly larger than,
[3]比较级 + 名词 + than, （表示：针对“名词”的比较）
[3]比较级 + 名词 + than, （表示：针对“名词”的比较）
(19)less gravity than,
(20)more energy than,
(21)a better number than,
(22)have more control over time than,
(23)sharper mental skills than,
(24)less interest to hunters than to medical researchers,
[4]特殊情况，固定搭配
[4]特殊情况，固定搭配
【意思是：和……一样差】
(25)no more than, 只是，仅仅
(26)little more than, 仅仅是，和……差不多，（意思近似于(1)）
【意思是：和……一样好】
(27)nothing less than + adj., 完全是；不亚于；与…一模一样
(28)less than + adj., 没有，不，很少
(29)rather than, 而不是
二、例句汇总
1.1. First, over the course of the two weeks, I interviewed more than(1) fifty students as they left the student center at its regular closing time of twelve midnight.
1.2. Likewise, if you look closely at these slides of counters and workbenches, you'll notice that these pieces were also designed to be used from more than(1) one side. Thus, several people would be able to work at one time.
1.3. Current studies show that what goes on labels is an important consideration for manufacturers, since more than(1) seventy percent of shoppers read food labels when considering whether to buy a product.
1.4. Now we're entering Kangaroo Country. In all, there are more than(1) fifty different species of kangaroo, and the advantage of zoos like ours is that you see them in their natural habitat.
1.5. The group had maintained that product labels should do more than(1) simply list how many grams of nutrients a food contains.
1.6. The six babies here are all less than(2) six months old. You'll be watching them on closed circuit TV and measuring their responses.
1.7. And when geologists bring a chunk of it up to the surface to study at normal air pressure and temperature, gas hydrate begins to hiss and bubble, and in less than(2) half an hour, the ice melts and the methane inside escapes into the air.
1.8. From the thousands of applications that we receive annually, we choose fewer than(3) a thousand people for training.
1.9. Newman concluded that walking on Mars will probably be easier than(4) walking on the Moon.
1.10. So, air pressure inside is greater than(5) air pressure outside.
1.11. If your roommate for next year has been at the school longer than(6) you have, they'll be in a better block of numbers and so will have a better number than(21) any second-year student.
1.12. When Powers was modeling this bust, he asked the President, who was 68 years old at the time, if he wanted to be made to appear younger than(7) that.
1.13. A short story is less comprehensive than(8) a novel, and the focus is on a character's mental reaction to an experience.
1.14. This video version of the ballet has been even more successful with audiences than(9) the original theater production.
2.1. In laboratory experiments, cockroaches and termites can't survive much more than(10) a quarter of an hour at 125 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 50 degrees centigrade.
2.2. It seems to be a very promising fuel because it's much cleaner than(11) the gasoline that we use today. That's not to say that it doesn't pollute, but it is cleaner.
2.3. The first thing I'd like to point out is that the workbook contains a very large amount of material, far more than(12) you could ever handle in a single semester.
2.4. Some are back in print again today, and of course they cost a lot more than(13) they did a hundred years ago.
2.5. The catch is always significantly more than(14) her young spiders can eat.
2.6. In fact, wood is prepared for construction use by drying it in ovens at 80 degrees centigrade, which is substantially hotter than(15) the air used in this procedure.
2.7. Because the accumulation rate is so slow, millions of times slower than(16) the rate at which we now dig up this organic matter and burn it for energy, we must consider fossil fuels as nonrenewable resources.
2.8. And it turns out that the famous peak is actually a few feet higher than(17) was previously thought.
2.9. Through the study of the size and shape of brain fossils, scientists have determined that early human brains, like modern brains, had a left hemisphere slightly larger than(18) the right hemisphere.
3.1. The Moon has less gravity than(19) Mars does, so at lunar gravity, the divers struggled to keep their balance and walked awkwardly.
3.2. Today we're going to discuss one that's so plentiful they say it could supply more energy than(20) all the coal and oil in the world.
3.3. It travels about 20 miles per hour. It looks like hard work, but hopping actually lets the kangaroo conserve more energy than(20) another animal could when running on four legs.
3.4. If your roommate for next year has been at the school longer than(6) you have, they'll be in a better block of numbers and so will have a better number than(21) any second-year student.
3.5. This technology allows people to have more control over time than(22) when relying solely on the telephone.
3.6. There is evidence now that Homo erectus had sharper mental skills than(23) their predecessors.
3.7. These days, dart-poison frogs are of less interest to hunters than(24) to medical researchers.
4.1. They provided shipping protection for merchants as far back as 3000 B.C. In general, the contracts were often no more than(25) verbal agreements.
4.2. Use the outline style in your textbook and remember it should be no more than(25) two pages long.
4.3. Loie Fuller, after performing Fire Dance, was described as doing little more than(26) turning ""round and round like an eggbeater.""
4.4. Our reenactment promises to be nothing less than(27) spectacular.
4.5. But even if improvisation appealed to audiences, many dance critics were less than(28) enthusiastic about the performances.
4.6. The pictures in the exhibit often portray the thrill and adventure of hunting rather than(29) any particular concern for wildlife preservation.
4.7. Wright has the reputation of being arrogant and insensitive to his clients' needs, but his work is based on a set of principles rather than(29) a style.
4.8. Rather than(29) taking more hops to increase speed, the kangaroo makes the length of each jump longer. 三、其他参考
英语语法—比较级和最高级的用法：
http://blog.csdn.net/libing_zeng/article/details/78763447
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