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单词 no less than(not less than)
释义 less than , no ~: not ~ -557
1. 这两个复合连词不容混淆: no less than 作“不亚于”讲,而 not less than 则是“不比……差”的意思(参见词条 P.558 )。
例如:
The district is of historic, no less than of topographicalinterest. -T. Hardy. 当地的景色跟它的历史同样闻名。
He is no less clever than his brother. 他的聪明伶俐并不亚于他兄弟。
比较:
This slide rule is no less useful than that ( one ).这把计算尺同那一把一样有用。(两把都有用)
This slide rule is not less useful than that ( one ).这把计算尺并不比那一把有用。(两把相差无几)
He is no less clever than his brother. 他不亚于他兄弟伶俐。(他俩都伶俐)
He is not less clever than his brother. 他并不比他兄弟不伶俐。(也许比他兄弟更伶俐)
2a. 表达数量,前者是作“不少于”讲,相当于 as many as 的意思,而后者则是作“至少”讲,相当于 at least 的意思。
比较:
There were no less than ten thousand visitors at the exhibit that day. 那天去参观展览会的观众不少于一万人之多。
There were not less than ten thousand visitors at the exhib-it that day. 那天去参观展览会的观众至少有一万人。
2b. 前者这个复合连词同 and 这个累积连词又不一样:用前者来连接的两个名词作主语,可以不影响谓语的数,而用后者来连接则要影响谓语的数。
比较:
Our family no less than their family is run industriously and thrifitily. 我们家和他们家一样,都是勤俭持家的。 (谓语要用 is run )
Our family and their family are run industriously and thri-fitily. 我们和他们两家都是勤俭持家的。(谓语要用 are run )
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