more than：多余，不仅仅。之后可接名词、动名词、动词、数词、形容词、副词等，有“不止、超过、胜过、多于、以上、很”等意思。如：

• More than forty countries came to Guangzhou to take part in the 2010 Asian Games.
• He is more than an artist; he is also a writer.
• He is more than a friend to me.他对我不止是一个朋友。
• We like football more than swimming.我们喜爱足球胜过游泳。
• I more than saw it, I felt too!我不仅仅看见了它，我都感觉到它了。
• The gain more than compensated for the loss.所得多于所失。
• They have known each other for more than 10 years。他们相识已有10多年了。
• I was more than pleased with my pay rise.I was over the moon.我对涨工资非常高兴。我简直乐上了天！
• She dresses more than simply.她衣着何止简朴而已。

与之相对的词组是“less than”，其相应的形式也很复杂，只有真正掌握其结构及意思，才能准确地翻译出其真正的含义。

less than：后面可接形容词、数词等，意为“不到，小于，少于”，具有否定意义。如：

• He seemed less than overjoyed.他似乎并不太高兴。
• Jack is less than twenty years old.杰克还不到二十岁。
• The lightest weighs less than 50 kilograms.最轻的不到50千克。