rather than
I would rather die than marry you.
我寧願死也不和你做朋友。
I would rather die to marry you.
我死也要嫁給你。
more
“與其說…不如說…”“主要是…其次…”
Interest in historicalmethods has arisen less through externalchallenge to the validity of history asan intellectual discipline and more frominternal quarrels among historians themselves .
人們之所以關注歷史研究的方法論，(主要是因爲史學界內部意見不一，其次是因爲外界並不認爲歷史是一門學問/與其說是因爲外部對於歷史作爲一門只是學科有效性的`質疑，還不如說是因爲歷史學家自己內部的爭論)。
more than 1、more A than B
“與其說是B，不如說是A”
He is more a teacher than a writer.
與其說他是作家，不如說他是教師。
He is more a close friend than a boyfriend to me.
他與其說是我的男朋友不如說是我的好朋友。
more than句型
A more than+數詞，表示“多於.. 以上”的意思。
We have been close friends for more than 20 years.
我們已經作了20多年的好朋友了。
The role of natural selection in evolution was formulated only a little more than a hundred years ago,and the selective role of the environment in shaping and maintaining the behavior of the individual is onlybeginning to be recognized and studied.
自然選擇在(進化/演化)中的作用僅在一百多年前才得以(闡明/表述/解釋/論證/揭示)，而環境在(塑造/形成/早就)和(保持/維護)個體行爲時的選擇作用則剛剛開始被(認識/承認/意識到/認可)和研究。
B more than+名詞或是動詞，表示“不知是，不僅僅”的意思。
He is more than a friend to her. 他對她不只是朋友。可能還有更多。
They may teach very well， and more than earntheir salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections onhuman problems which involve moral judgment.
他們可能教的很好，而且也不僅僅是爲了賺錢，但是他們中的大多數對於涉及道德問題的人類問題很少或是沒有進行獨立的思考。
more than+形容詞、副詞或是分詞，表示“極其，非常”的意思。
My teacher is more than strict with me.
我老師對我極其嚴格。
My parents are more than kind to me.
我爸媽對我非常好。
anyting but根本不
I can call you anything but boyfriend.
我根本不會稱你爲我的男朋友。
nothing but只不過是
You are nothing but my one of my friends，leave mealone.
你只不過是我的一個朋友而已，不要管我。
all but
幾乎，差一點;除……以外其餘都是
She all but accepted me as her friends.
她幾乎就認我做朋友了。
but for要不是
But for her help and support, I could not finish my study in theUniversity.
no more ... than ... 和……一樣都不……
Not more than
I will stay here not more than 5 days. 我呆在這裏不超過五天。
no less than不少於，至少
There are no less than 50 person killed in the accident.
在這次事故中至少有50人喪生。