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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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More is often considered to be the comparative form of much and many.

more 常被看作是 much 和 many 的比较级。

1. DET 更多;较多(该词前可使用 a little，a lot，a bit，far和much) You use more to indicate that there is a greater amount of something than before or than average, or than something else. You can use 'a little', 'a lot', 'a bit', 'far', and 'much' in front of more . 

  • More and more people are surviving heart attacks...

    越来越多的心脏病患者存活下来。

  • He spent more time perfecting his dance moves instead of gym work.

    他把更多的时间用于完善舞蹈动作，而不是健身训练。

  • ...teaching more children foreign languages other than English...

    教更多的孩子英语以外的其他外语

  • More is also a pronoun.

    • As the level of work increased from light to heavy, workers ate more...

      随着工作强度的加大，工人们吃得更多了。

    • He had four hundred dollars in his pocket. Billy had more.

      他兜里有400美元，比利带的钱更多。

  • More is also a quantifier.

    • Employees may face increasing pressure to take on more of their own medical costs in retirement...

      员工可能会面临越来越大的压力，即退休后要自己负担更多的医疗费。

    • The urgent need to bolster the reforms is beginning to demand more of his attention.

      推动改革的迫切需要引发了他更多的关注。

2. PREP-PHRASE 超过;超出 You use more than before a number or amount to say that the actual number or amount is even greater. 

  • The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year.

    阿富汗当局称，该机场已经关闭一年多了。

  • ...classy leather and silk jackets at more than £250.

    价格在250英镑以上的时髦皮革和丝绸夹克

  • ...a survey of more than 1,500 schools.

    对1,500多所学校进行的调查

3. ADV-COMPAR 比较多地；更加 You use more to indicate that something or someone has a greater amount of a quality than they used to or than is average or usual. 

  • Prison conditions have become more brutal...

    监狱条件变得更加严酷。

  • We can satisfy our basic wants more easily than in the past.

    现在我们的基本需求可以比过去更容易得到满足。

4. ADV-COMPAR 更像（前者）地;与其说（是）…，倒不如说（是） If you say that something is more one thing than another, you mean that it is like the first thing rather than the second. 

  • The exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is more a production than it is a museum display...

    波士顿美术博物馆的展览与其说是一次博物馆展出，倒不如说是一场精心设计的展演活动。

  • He's more like a film star than a lifeguard, really...

    真的，与其说他像救生员，不如说他更像电影明星。

  • She looked more sad than in pain...

    她看起来更多的是悲伤，而不是疼痛。

5. ADV-COMPAR 更大程度地；更经常地 If you do something more than before or more than someone else, you do it to a greater extent or more often. 

  • When we are tired, tense, depressed or unwell, we feel pain much more...

    当我们劳累、紧张、沮丧或生病时，疼痛感更明显。

  • What impressed me more was that she knew Tennessee Williams.

    让我印象更深的是她认识田纳西·威廉斯。

6. ADV-COMPAR 继续;再 You can use more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. 

  • Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.

    如果当时我再多说一点的话，结果或许会不一样。

  • You can use some more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time.继续;再

    • We walked some more.

      我们又继续走了一段。

7. ADV-COMPAR 再;另外;又一次 You use more to indicate that something is repeated. For example, if you do something 'once more', you do it again once. 

  • This train would stop twice more in the suburbs before rolling southeast toward Munich...

    火车向东南驶往慕尼黑前，会在郊区再停两站。

  • The breathing exercises should be repeated several times more.

    呼吸练习应该再多重复几次。

8. DET 另外的;附加的(该词前可使用 a little，a lot，a bit，far 和 much) You use more to refer to an additional thing or amount. You can use 'a little', 'a lot', 'a bit', 'far' and 'much' in front of more . 

  • They needed more time to consider whether to hold an inquiry.

    他们需要更多的时间来考虑是否进行调查。

  • More is also an adjective.

    • We stayed in Danville two more days...

      我们在丹维尔多呆了两天。

    • Are you sure you wouldn't like some more wine?

      你真的不再要点儿葡萄酒了吗？

  • More is also a pronoun.

    • Oxfam has appealed to western nations to do more to help the refugees...

      牛津饥荒救济委员会已呼吁西方各国为难民提供更多的帮助。

    • 'None of them are very nice folks.' — 'Tell me more.'

      “他们都不是好人。”——“说具体点。”

9. PRON (用于 no more，no less, neither more nor less 等短语中，表示所说完全无误)多了的部分 You can use more in expressions like 'no more, no less' and 'neither more nor less' to indicate that what you are saying is exactly true or correct. 

  • I told him the truth. No more, no less...

    我告诉了他真相，未加任何演绎。

  • I'm sixty-two. I feel sixty-two, neither more nor less.

    我现在62岁了，感觉自己也确实到这把年纪了。

10. ADV-COMPAR 还有;再者;而且 You use more in conversations when you want to draw someone's attention to something interesting or important that you are about to say. 

  • Europe's economies have converged in several areas. More interestingly, there has been convergence in economic growth rates...

    欧洲的经济已在多个领域互相趋同;更有意思的是，各国经济增长率也渐趋一致。

  • More seriously for him, there are members who say he is wrong on this issue.

    对他来说更严重的是，有成员说他在这个问题上错了。

11. PHRASE 越来越 You can use more and more to indicate that something is becoming greater in amount, extent, or degree all the time. 

  • Her life was heading more and more where she wanted it to go...

    她的生活越来越接近她理想的目标。

  • Bob became more and more furious...

    鲍勃火气越来越大。

  • More and more women are wearing men's fragrances.

    越来越多的女士用男士香水。

12. PHRASE 或多或少;大概;几乎 If something is more or less true, it is true in a general way, but is not completely true. 

  • The Conference is more or less over...

    会议快结束了。

  • He more or less started the firm...

    他基本上启动了公司的业务。

  • I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.

    我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。

13. PHRASE 比…更;比…更重要 If something is more than a particular thing, it has greater value or importance than this thing. 

  • He's more than a coach, he's a friend.

    他不只是教练，更是朋友。

14. PHRASE 超出需要;超乎寻常 You use more than to say that something is true to a greater degree than is necessary or than average. 

  • Lithuania produces more than enough food to feed itself.

    立陶宛的粮食生产供大于求。

  • ...accommodation which is roomy and offers more than generous stowage.

    住宿宽敞，储藏空间绰绰有余

15. PHRASE 不超过;不到;至多 You use no more than or not more than when you want to emphasize how small a number or amount is. 

  • Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build...

    做成一个盒子不超过几个小时。

  • He was a kid really, not more than eighteen or nineteen.

    他实际上还是个孩子，最多不过十八九岁。

16. PHRASE 只不过;仅仅 If you say that someone or something is nothing more than a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they are only that thing, and nothing more interesting or important. 

  • The newly discovered notes are nothing more than Lang's personal journal.

    新发现的笔记只不过是朗的个人日志。

17. PHRASE 更有甚者;更为重要的是;此外 You can use what is more or what's more to introduce an extra piece of information which supports or emphasizes the point you are making. 

  • Many more institutions, especially banks, were allowed to lend money for mortgages, and what was more, banks could lend out more money than they actually held...

    允许更多的机构，尤其是银行推出抵押贷款;此外，银行发放的贷款可以超过其实际持有资金。

  • You should remember it, and what's more, you should get it right.

    你应该记住它，更重要的是，应该正确理解它。

18.   all the more→see: all;  any more→see: any; 
Adverb

1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs;

  • "more interesting"
  • "more beautiful"
  • "more quickly"

2. comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent;

  • "he works more now"
  • "they eat more than they should"
1. As he talked with more and more gusto, we came more and more under his spell.
他越说越起劲，大家越听越入神。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. The more they receive, the more they want. They will never be satisfied.; hanker for more; Having got Gansu, he aspires after Sichuan.; Much will have more.
他们得陇望蜀，永远无法使他们心满意足。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. More people mean a greater ferment of ideas, more enthusiasm and more energy.
人多议论多， 热气高，干劲大。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Age stole onward and benumbed me more and more.
年纪渐老使得我（反应）越来越迟钝。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Colour TV has been more aggressively promoted as more manufacturers have joined the competition.
由于更多的厂商参与竞争，推销彩色电视机的宣传更为激烈了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil.
考试日期将近，越来越多的学生都在开夜车。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. Fanned by the wind, the fire burned more and more furiously.
火借风势，越烧越旺。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. He grew more and more bad-tempered as the afternoon wore on.
随着下午一点点地过去，他的脾气也越来越坏。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. He speaks more and more openly about his problem.
他越来越公开地谈他的问题。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. I feel more and more that there's something wrong with his way of doing things.
他的作风，我越看越不是味儿。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11. If you carry on in that way,you will be more and more divorced from the masses.
如果你还是那样下去的话，你就会越来越脱离群众。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. It is doubtful whether our resources will hand out for more than two or three days more.
我们的资源能否再维持两三天以上值得怀疑。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. It was a progressive disease and he would suffer more and more.
病情逐渐加剧，他将忍受越来越大的痛苦。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. More and more of our savings are institutionalized rather than individualized.
我们的储蓄越来越多地由个人手里转入各种组织的控制中。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

15. More and more people are believing in vegetarianism and diet for health.
而今越来越多的人们相信素食和节食有利于身体健康。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. More and more people are deciding that political power must be the backbone of every new advance.
越来越多的人认为，政治权力是每前进一步的保证。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. More and more people are inclined towards the Liberal Party as they become disenchanted with the two main parties that have governed the country for half a century.
人们对统治这个国家达半个世纪之久的两大政党不再抱有幻想，愈来愈多的人倾向于自由党。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. More and more people come to visit Dalian.
来大连旅游的人日益增多。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. More and more people continue their education by attending night school in recent years.
近几年来，越来越多的人进夜校继续学习。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. More and more people entered and the train was crowded.
越来越多的人上了火车，火车非常拥挤。

来自《简明英汉词典》