/ðən; ðən; rare strong form 罕、强读式 ðn; ðæn/
conj (used after a comparative adj or adv to introduce a clause or phrase in which a comparison is expressed 用于形容词或副词的比较级之後, 引导表示比较关系的从句或短语)
*He's never more annoying than when he's trying to help. 他要是想帮忙就更让人讨厌他.
* She's a better player than (she was) last year. 她演得比去年好.
* He loves me more than you do. 他比你更爱我.
* She should know better than to poke the animal with her umbrella. 她应当知道不该用伞去捅动物.

prep
1 (used before a n or pron to express a comparison 用于名词或代词前表示比较关系)
*You gave me less than him, ie less than you gave him or (infml) less than he gave me. 你给我的比给他的少（在口语中
*你给我的比他给的少）.
* I'm older than her. 我比她年岁大.
* Nobody understands the situation betterthan you. 谁也不如你了解情况.
* There was more whiskyin it than soda. 那里面的威士忌比苏打水多.
2 (used after more or less and before an expression of time, distance, etc to indicate how long sth takes, how far it is, etc 用于more或less之後和表示时间、距离等的词语之前, 表明做某事所用的时间、与某物的距离等)
*It cost me more than 100. 这个花了我100多英镑.
* It never takes more than an hour. 所用的时间从不超过一小时.
* He can't be more than fifteen. 他不超过十五岁.
* It's less than a mile to the beach. 离海滨不到一英里.

conj, prep
[Language: Old English;Origin: thanne, thAnne]
used when comparing two things, people, situations etc
　Natalie was prettier than her sister.
　You need that money more than I do.
　There were more people there than I expected.
　If it costs more than $60, I won't buy it.
　She had woken even earlier than usual.
　Divorce is more common than it was a generation ago.
other than
except for a particular person or thing
　We never go to church other than for funerals and weddings.
　We know he lived in Fleet Road, but other than that we don't know much about him.
would rather/would sooner ... than
used to say that you prefer one thing to another
　I'd rather drive than go by train.
　She said she'd rather die than live in the city.
no sooner/hardly had ... than
used to say that one thing happens immediately after another thing
　No sooner had I got into the house than the phone rang.
　Hardly had they reached Edinburgh than they were ordered to return to London.