標籤: 片語

More:

1. Not more than：不多於；至多 (= at most)
   She spent not more than 10 dollars. (他最多花了10塊錢)
2. No more than：只不過：只有，僅有 (= only)
   He has no more than 5 dollars. (他只有5塊錢)
   She is no more than a secretary. (她只不過是一名秘書而已)
3. Not more…than：不像…那樣；不到…的程度 (= not so…as)
   I am not more foolish than you. (我不像你那麼笨)
4. No more…than：和…一樣不 (= not…any more than)
   I am no more a god than you (are). (我和你一樣不是神)
   He is no more mad than we are. (他和我們一樣不瘋)

Less:

1. Not less than：不少於；至少 (= at least)
   I have not less than 100 kilograms. (我至少有100公斤)
2. No less than：多達；不下…之多
   There are no less than 50 students in our class. (我們班上的學生不下50人)
3. Not less…than：像…那樣；到…的程度 (= as…as)
   I am not less young than you are. (我像你那樣年輕；我和你一樣年輕)
4. No less…than：和…同樣是；正是
   The whale is no less a mammal than the horse. (鯨魚和馬一樣是哺乳類動物)

英文中表示「一點也不」的片語多得不得了，如 not at all, anything but, far from, in no case, in/under no circumstances, in no respect, in no wise, in no way, by no means, not in the least, none too, not nearly, not a bit (還有其他，只是族繁不及備載)。但可能很少人知道 “not (even) begin to + V” 也可以表達「一點也不」的意思。請看下面的例句：

He does not begin to speak English. (他一點也不會講英文)
She couldn’t (even) begin to explain. (= It’s quite impossible to explain.) (她[甚至]無法開口解釋/她一點都無法解釋)

在口語中，對於「一無所知」、「一點也不明白」、「一點都不知道」的意思，一般都使用 have no idea, haven’t a clue, haven’t the faintest idea 或 haven’t the slightest idea 等片語來表達。例如：

I have no idea what you’re talking about. (我一點都不知道你在說些什麼)
= I haven’t a clue what you’re talking about.
= I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re talking about.
= I haven’t the slightest idea what you’re talking about.