基本詞義
than【/ðən/ DJ /ðən/ KK /ðæn/ DJ /ðæn/ KK】
preposition, conjunction
used to introduce the second part of a comparison（用以引出比較的第二部份）比
I'm older than her.我比她年齡大。
There was more whisky in it than soda.那裡面的威士忌比蘇打水多。
He loves me more than you do.他比你更愛我。
It was much better than I'd expected.這比我預料的要好得多。
You should know better than to behave like that.你應當明白事理，不該那麼不懂規矩。
I'd rather e-mail than phone, if that's OK by you. 如果你覺得可以的話，我甯願發電子郵件也不打電話。
used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc.（比較數量、距離等）多于，小于，少于 more/less/fewer, etc. ~It never takes more than an hour. 所用的時間從不會超過一個小時。
It's less than a mile to the beach.離海灘不足一英裡遠。
There were fewer than twenty people there.那裡有不到二十個人。
used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another（表示一事緊跟另一事發生）就No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door. 我剛坐下就有人大聲敲門。
Hardly had we arrived than the problems started.我們剛到，問題就來了。
英語字典
than
You use than after a comparative adjective or adverb in order to link two parts of a comparison.
You use than when you are stating a number, quantity, or value approximately by saying that it is above or below another number, quantity, or value.
You use than in order to link two parts of a contrast, for example in order to state a preference.
相關短語
than ever比以前
no more than adv.隻是；僅僅
none other than不是别的而正是…
no other than隻有；就是
