[vip]比较级 + and + 比较级

(后面不可接than从句)可用来表示越来越。如：

The days are getting longer and longer.白天越来越长了。

He is becoming more and more interested in sports. 他对运动越来越有兴趣了。

The more the more 的用法

意思是越，就越。如：

The harder you work，the more you Will learn.你越努力，就越学得多。

The greater the mass of a body，the greater is its inertia.物体的质量越大，它的惯性就越大。

The more you eat，the fatter you get.你吃得越多，长得越胖。

The more，the better.越多越好。

more than和less than

这两个固定词组分别表示多于少于。如：

There are more than three hundred households in this village.这个村子有三百多户人家。

The finished the Work in less than a year.他们不到一年就完成这项工作。

Our country has established diplomatic relations with more than one hundred countries.我国已经和一百多个国家建立了外交关系。

no more than和not more than

no more than的意思是只不过，not more than的意思是不多于。试比较：

There are no more than ten tickles left. 剩下不到十张票。 (有票少的含义)

The experiment was done by not more than 5 persons. 做这个试验的人不到五个。(没有多或少的含义，只是客观地说明数目)

This room is no bigger than that. 这个房间并不比那个大。 (有两个房间都不大的含义)

This room is not bigger than that one.这个房间不比那个大。 (没有两个房间都不大或都不小的含义)

[注]注意not . Any more than或no more...than在下面句子中的用法。如：

They cannot do the impossible any more than we can.他们和我们同样不能做不可能的事情。

He is no more diligent than I am.他和我同样不勤奋

no less than和not 1ess than

no less than的意思是不亚于，not less than的意思是不少于。试比较：

There were no less than a thousand people at the meeting.

到会的有一千人之多。(有到会人多的含义)

There were not less than one thousand people at the meeting.

到会的至少有一千人。(没有到会人多或人少的含义)

This song is no less popular than that one.这首歌之受欢迎不亚于那首歌。(有两首歌都受欢迎的含义)

This song is not less popular than that one.这首歌受欢迎的程度不比那首差。(纯粹比较。不一定有两首歌都受欢迎的含义)

All the better和so much the better

这一类的说法都有因此而更的含义。如：

If that is so，all the better.果真如此，那就更好。