简明英汉词典
than
[ðæn,ðən]
conj.
比(用于比较级)
She works better than I.
她工作做得比我好.
宁愿…而不愿
I'd rather play football than go swimming.
与其去游泳我还不如去踢足球.
prep.
与…相比
He is the person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.
我想不出一个比他更有礼貌的人.
现代英汉综合大辞典
than
[ðæn; ðən,ðn]
conj.
[用于形容词、副词比较级之后]比较; 比
He is taller than his brother.
他比他的兄弟长得高.
I know you better than he (does).
我比他更了解你.
I know you better than him.
我对你比对他更了解.
Easier said than done.
[谚]说来容易做来难.
[用于rather,sooner,之后]与其...(宁愿...)
I'd rather you came tomorrow than today.
我宁愿你于明天来而不是今天来.
I would rather die than disgrace myself.
我宁死不受辱.
[用于 other,else,anywhere 等之后]除...以外
They were given nothing other than dry bread and water for their evening meal.
他们晚餐仅仅分到干面包和水.
He did nothing else than laugh.
他除了笑以外没做别的事.(他只是笑.)
[用于scarcely,hardly之后表示时间](刚刚...)就
Hardly had I finished telling the news than she began to cry.
我还没有把消息讲完她就哭了起来.
词性变化
than
[ðæn; ðən,ðn]
prep.
[用于than whom,than which 两个词组及某些用不及物动词的句中]
a man than whom no one is more fit for this job.
最适宜做这事的人
柯林斯英语大词典（体验版）
than
conj
prep
used to introduce the second element of a comparison,the first element of which expresses difference
he swims faster than I run
