than/ðæn/

conj. used to compare people or things

conj. 比：He is taller than me (或I). 他比我高。

◇I like the book more than she does. 我比她更喜欢这本书。

◇There are more boys in the class than girls. 班上的男孩比女孩多。

◇It's colder in Shanghai than in Guangdong. 上海比广东冷。

more than ... more

no sooner ... than ... sooner

would rather ... (than) ... rather

音组-an/-æn/

ban; can; fan; man; pan; plan; than

用法than后可用宾格或主格，如：He runs faster than I. = He runs faster than me. = He runs faster than I do. 他跑得比我快。但He knows me better than her. 意为“他了解我甚于了解她。”He knows me better than she. 则指“他比她更了解我。”上述用宾格或主格意思不同时，最好不要混用。