a. “more than＋名詞”表示“多于……”、“非但……尤其是”如：

1)　　modern science is more than a large amount of information.

2)　　jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.

b. “more than＋數詞”含“以上”或“不止”之意，如：

3)　　 i have known david for more than 20 years.

4)　　let's carry out the test with more than the sample copy.

 
c. “more than＋形容詞”等于“很”或“非常”的意思，如：

5)　　in doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the instruments.

6)　　i assure you i am more than glad to help you.

d. 在“more...than...”中，肯定“more”后面的而否定“than”后面的，約等于“是……而不是……”如：

7)　　the difference between pure linguistics and applied linguistics is more apparent than real.

8)　　this book seems to be more a manual than a text.

9)　　catherine is more diligent than intelli-gent.

10)　　hearing the loud noise, the boy was more surprised than frightened.

f. “no more...than...”表示“不……；不如……”，如：

14)　i can no more do that than anyone else.

15)　a learner can no more obtain knowledge without reading than a farmer can get good harvest without ploughing.”

“no more…...than...”的語義，也可用“not any more than...”來取代，因此 15 可以變成 16。

16)　　a learner cannot... any more than ...”同樣的， 17可以變成 18：

17)　　dr hu is no more a poet than dr wu is a philosopher.

18)　　 dr hu is not a poet any more than dr wu is a philosopher.

此外，“more than”也在一些慣用語中出現，如：

19)　　more offen than not （經常），people tend to pay attention to what they can take rather than what they can give.

20)　　all of us are more than a little concerned about（非常關心）the current economic problems.