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a little more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a small additional quantity) | 多一点 duō yì diǎn |
| I already added salt to the potatoes, but I think they could use a little more. |
a little more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (slightly more) | 多一点的
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| May I have a little more tea, please? |
a little more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (for a short while longer) | 久一点
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| The girls asked her mother if she could continue playing outside a little more. |
a little more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (slightly more often) | 更多地 gèng duō de |
| You need to exercise a little more if you want to get fit. |
a lot more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a much greater amount) | 多得多 duō de duō |
| I need a lot more flour to make this dough. |
a lot more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a much greater number) | 更多数量 gèng duō shù liàng |
| | 更大量 gèng dà liàng |
| A few hundred is a lot more than a couple dozen. |
a lot more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (in greater amount) | 更多的 gèng duō de |
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| I need a lot more flour to make this dough. |
a lot more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (in greater number) | 更多的 gèng duō de |
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| A lot more people are taking up cycling these days. |
a lot more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to greater degree) | 更多地 gèng duō de |
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| Your foot bends a lot more when you run. |
all the more exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (even more) | 更加 gèng jiā |
| | 更为 gèng wéi |
| Crying in front of her embarrassed him, but it made her love him all the more. |
all the more so exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (even more so) | 更是如此 gèng shì rú cǐ |
| | 更加如此 gèng jiā rú cǐ |
| You need a strong pair of boots if you go hiking, all the more so now that it's winter. |
any more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (some remaining) | 剩下的 shèng xià de |
| | 还有的 hái yǒu de |
| Do we have any more bread? |
any more than exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (greater) | 刚超过,比…更多
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| If the number of people in the lift is any more than five, it becomes uncomfortably crowded. |
breathe easier, breathe more easily vi + adv | (stop struggling for breath) | 更轻松地呼吸
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| The drug relaxes the muscles in the chest so the patient can breathe easier. |
delve deeper, delve more deeply vtr + adv | figurative (investigate further) | 深入探究
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| | 进一步查考
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| Unconvinced by the woman's alibi, the chief inspector delved deeper and discovered that she was lying. |
even more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (still more, all the more) | 更加 gèng jiā |
| | 更多 gèng duō |
| Vigilance is even more necessary now than it was two years ago. If you do this for her she'll love you even more. |
far more than preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (a much greater quantity than) | 多得多 duō de duō |
| | 远远超过
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| The Chinese army has far more than a few thousand soldiers. |
far more than preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (to a much greater degree than) | 远远不止
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| | 远远超过
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| After she cheated on him, Mike was far more than just mad at her. |
make [sth] more attractive⇒ v | literal (improve the appearance of [sth]) (本义) | 使…看上更有吸引力 shǐ kàn shàng gèng yǒu xī yǐn lì |
| I'm going to paint the outside of the house to make it more attractive to buyers. |
make [sth] more attractive v | figurative (make more appealing) (比喻) | 使…更吸引人 shǐ gèng xī yǐn rén |
| I'm going to offer a free car with the house to make it more attractive to buyers. |
make [sth] more difficult⇒ v | (complicate [sth]) | 使…复杂化 shǐ fù zá huà |
| Cluttered surfaces make cleaning difficult. |
many more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (large additional number of [sth]) | 多得多的
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| | 更多的 gèng duō de |
| There are many more coffee shops around here now than there were twenty years ago. |
many more pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (a large additional number) | 更多 gèng duō |
| These objectives and many more will be met at the conference on Friday. |
more and more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (increasingly) | 越来越… yuè lái yuè |
| The world is getting more and more developed. |
more and more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (an increasing amount or number) | 越来越多 yuè lái yuè duō |
| They are building more and more strip malls every day. |
more distant adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (location: further away) (指地点) | 更远的 gèng yuǎn de |
| I usually spend my holidays in this country but hope to go somewhere more distant next year. |
more distant adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (person: colder, more detached) (指人际关系) | 更疏远的 gèng shū yuǎn de |
| He is becoming more distant by the day. We hardly speak anymore. |
more importantly advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (with greater significance) | 更重要的是 gèng zhòng yào de shì |
| Tomorrow is Saturday and, more importantly, it's my birthday! |
more like advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | informal (in more accurate terms) | 倒像是
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| | 更像是
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| | 称为...还差不多
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| It isn't overhearing by accident, it's more like eavesdropping. |
more likely adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (more probable) | 更可能是 gèng kě néng shì |
| People are more likely to take precautions after last season's fires. |
more often advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (with greater frequency) | 更经常 gèng jīng cháng |
| I wish we could have lunch together more often. |
more often than not advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (usually) | 往往 wǎng wǎng |
| | 多半 duō bàn |
| Our children's clothes are, more often than not, made in China. |
more or less advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to a greater or lesser extent) | 或多或少地 huò duō huò shǎo de |
| I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year. |
more so advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (increasingly or additionally) | 更是如此 gèng shì rú cǐ |
| | 更是这样
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| There's usually a lot of traffic on this road, more so at rush hour. |
more than preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (a greater number or amount than) | 多于 duō yú |
| The other team wanted to win the game more than we did. |
more than anything advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (above all) | 最重要的是 zuì zhòng yào de shì |
| More than anything, Nina wanted to train to become a pilot. |
more than anything advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (above everything else) | 比其它任何东西(事情)都更… bǐ qí tā rèn hé dōng xī shì qíng dōu gèng |
| Tim is interested in learning many foreign languages, but more than anything he wants to be able to speak Japanese. |
more than enough nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (plenty) | 绰绰有余
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| It's unfair that some people are poor and starving while others have more than enough. |
more than enough [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (plenty of [sth]) | 绰绰有余
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| Please join us for dinner; there's more than enough food. |
more than enough of [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (plenty) | 绰绰有余
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| Against Greece, the team had more than enough of the ball, but could not score a goal. |
more than ever advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to the greatest extent so far) | 比往常程度都要高 bǐ wǎng cháng chéng dù dōu yào gāo |
| Your adventure stories make me want to travel more than ever. After spending the weekend with him I like him more than ever. |
more than expected advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (greater degree than anticipated) | 超出预期地 chāo chū yù qī de |
| It rained more than expected last night. |
more than expected nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (greater quantity than anticipated) | 超出预期的量 chāo chū yù qī de liàng |
| The number of people attending the match was more than expected. |
more than half nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (an amount or number greater than 50%) | 多于半数 duō yú bàn shǔ |
| You were supposed to share the sweets equally but you have given him more than half. |
more than one nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a number greater than one) | 不止一个 bù zhǐ yí gè |
| He says he has only had one beer, but the way he is behaving, it looks like he's had more than one. |
more than one adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (greater than one: of [sth]) | 两个或以上的 liǎng gè huò yǐ shàng de |
| | 不止一个的 bù zhǐ yí gè de |
| We will need more than one table as there are 12 people coming to dinner. |
much more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (a considerably larger quantity) | (比…)多得多 bǐ duō de duō |
| Much more will have to be done if we want to succeed. |
much more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to a greater degree) | (比…)程度高得多 bǐ chéng dù gāo de duō |
| I like him much more now than I did when he was younger. |
neither more nor less nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (the same amount or degree) | 不多不少 bù duō bù shǎo |
| Put a single egg, neither more nor less, into the bowl. Her daughter received neither more nor less from her will than her son did. |
neither more nor less advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to the same amount or degree) | 不多不少 bù duō bù shǎo |
| This horse runs neither more nor less quickly than that one. |
no more nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not greater than this) | 不再需要更多的量
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| No more sausages for me, thank you; I've eaten enough. |
no more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (to no greater an amount or degree) | 不超过 bù chāo guò |
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| Please pour in no more than one liter of water. |
no more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (not now) | 不再 bú zài |
| | 现在不再这样
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| Barry used to be a heavy smoker, but no more. |
no more and no less nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (an equal amount or degree) | 不多不少 bù duō bù shǎo |
| | 正好 zhèng hǎo |
| Put in one pint of oil, no more and no less. |
no more and no less advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (equally) | 和…相比不多不少
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| | 和…完全一样
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| The dental treatment hurt no more and no less than the last time. |
no more and no less adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (exactly) | 不多不少的
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| | 刚刚好的
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| I will accept the proper fee, no more and no less. |
not any more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (no longer, not any longer) | 不再 bú zài |
| | 再也不会 zài yě bú huì |
| I used to travel a lot, but not any more. |
nothing more pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (not any additional thing) | 没有别的,没有更多事
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| There's nothing more the doctors can to do to help Jim. |
nothing more than exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (merely, solely) | 仅此而已
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| Sympathy is nothing more than the understanding of someone else's feelings. |
once more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (yet again) | 再 zài |
| | 又 yòu |
| Once more you have failed to get your essay in on time. |
once more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (one more time) | 再一次 zài yí cì |
| | 又一次 yòu yí cì |
| Can you please show me once more how it works? |
one more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (another) | 再一个 zài yí gè |
| I'll give you one more chance. |
one more pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (another one) | 再一个 zài yí gè |
| Can I have one more, please? |
one more time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (once more) | 再 zài |
| | 再次 zài cì |
| | 再一次 zài yí cì |
| Please, repeat the question one more time. |
or more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (perhaps a larger quantity) | 或更多
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| It will take two hours or more just to drive through Chicago. |
some more pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (an additional quantity) | 再加一些
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| | 再来一些
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| There's plenty of cake left; would you like some more? |
some more adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (an additional quantity of) | 多一些的
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| | 更多的 gèng duō de |
| Would you like some more tea? |
There is more to [sth] than meets the eye exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (This is not what it seems) | 比表面看到的要复杂
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| | 并非表面所见那么简单
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| It seems like he's vanished into thin air, but that's impossible. There's more to this situation than meets the eye. |
what is more advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (moreover, in addition) | 而且 ér qiě |
| | 除此以外 chú cǐ yǐ wài |
| The food served in that restaurant is not very good and, what is more, it's overpriced. |
what's more | informal (in addition) (非正式用语) | 另外,而且
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| He's ugly and what's more, he's not very nice. |