more
determiner, pronoun, adverb uk/mɔːr/ us/mɔːr/
A1 更大（的）；更多（的）
a larger or extra number or amount
Would you like some more food? 你想再要些吃的吗？
The doctors can't cope with any more patients. 医生们无法收治更多的病人了。
Add some more cream to the sauce. 在调味汁里多加些奶油。
You need to listen more and talk less! 你需要多听，少说！
More people live in the capital than in the whole of the rest of the country. 住在首都的人比住在这个国家其他地区的人加起来还要多。
We spent more time on the last job than usual. 在上一份工作中我们所花的时间比平时更多。
The noise was more than I could bear. 我实在无法忍受那种噪声了。
It was a hundred times more fun than I'd expected. 那比我期待的要有趣百倍。
She's more of a poet than a novelist. 与其说是小说家，不如说她是诗人。
Bring as much food as you can - the more, the better. 尽可能多带些食物来，越多越好。
A1 （用以构成形容词和副词的比较级）更
used to form the comparative of many adjectives and adverbs
She couldn't be more beautiful. 她非常漂亮。
Let's find a more sensible way of doing it. 让我们找一个更明智的方法来做这件事。
You couldn't be more wrong. 你大错特错了。
He finds physics far/much more difficult than other science subjects. 他感到物理比其他理科学科难得多。
Play that last section more passionately. 演奏最后那一部分要更有激情。
（用于强调规模大）更大程度地，更大范围内
used to emphasize the large size of something
More than 20,000 demonstrators crowded into the square. 两万多示威者涌进了广场。
more and moreB2 日益，越来越
increasingly
It gets more and more difficult to understand what is going on. 越来越弄不懂现在发生的事情了。
the more...the more/less 越…越…
used to say that when an action or event continues, there will be a particular result
The more he drank, the more violent he became. 他喝得越多，就变得越狂暴。
The more he insisted he was innocent, the less they seemed to believe him. 他越是坚持自己是无辜的，他们似乎就越不相信他。
- More examples
- Be a bit more confident in yourself!
- Men tend to be more aggressive than women.
- They still need a great deal more money to finish the project.
- Do you think Australia is a more democratic country than Britain?
- You should eat more food that contains a lot of fibre, such as fruit, vegetables and bread.
Idioms
all the moreidiom 更加，越发，格外
even more than before
Several publishers rejected her book, but that just made her all the more determined. 几个出版商拒绝出版她的书，但那恰恰使得她更加坚定。
any moreidiom UK (mainly US anymore)A2 （不）再
If you do not do something or something does not happen any more, you have stopped doing it or it does not now happen.
I don't do yoga any more. 我不再做瑜伽了。
couldn't agree/disagree moreidiom formal 完全同意／不同意
If you say that you couldn't agree/disagree more, you mean that you agree/disagree completely.
more often than notidiom 往往，多半
most of the time
More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer. 学生多半会作出正确的回答。
more or lessidiom 主要；大体
mostly
The project was more or less a success. 这项计划大体上是成功的。
B2 大约
approximately
It's 500 kilos, more or less. 这大约有500公斤。
B2 几乎，差不多
almost
He more or less admitted he'd done it. 他差不多算是承认了是他做的。
more thanidiom 非常，极其
very
It's more than likely that there's oil here under the ground. 这里的地下很可能有石油。
I was more than a little (= I was very) curious about the whole business. 我对整件事都非常好奇。
formal We will be more than glad/happy/willing to help you in any way we can. 我们会很高兴／乐意／愿意尽我们所能来帮助你。
the more the merrieridiom 人越多越有意思
used to say an occasion will be more enjoyable if a lot of people are there
"Do you mind if I bring a couple of friends to your party?" "Not at all - the more the merrier!" “你介意我带几个朋友参加你的聚会吗？”“当然不会，人越多越有意思！”
not/no more thanidiom 至多，不超过，仅仅
used to emphasize how small an amount is
There are beautiful mountains not more than ten minutes' drive away. 开车不超过10分钟，就能看见峻秀的山脉。
that's more like it!idiom informal 那样好多了！这才像话！
used to show that you think something or someone has improved