There were not less than one thousand people at the meeting. 到会的至少有一千人。(没"到会人多少"之义)

拓展： the more ... the more ... 越 ... 就越 ... more or less或多或少

　　　　　　more and more越来越多 once more再/又一次

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（1)rather than 而不是I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.我想我该要一杯冷饮,而不要咖啡。

　　　　　　　　　　　I decided to write rather than telephone.我决定写信而不是打电话。

（2)other than 除非;除外；不同于You can't reach the village other than by boat. 除坐船外,你到不了这个村。

练习

(1) Consumers should do ______than simply complain about the poor quality of goods.

　　A.much less B.some moreC.far more D.far less答案:C

　　提示: 消费者不仅仅只是抱怨产品的质量不好。more than...不仅仅是......,far修饰比较级more。

(2) More than one ______the people heart and soul.提示:"more than one+单数名词"后接单数动词。答案:A

　　A.official has servedB.officials have servedC.official has served for D.officials have served for

(3) -I wonder why Mary is so unfriendly to us.-She is ______than unfriendly,I'm afraid. 答案:D

　　A.shyer B.much shyer C.shy more D.more shy more shy than unfriendly与其说不友好,不如说害羞。

(4) In no country ______Britain,as has been said,can one experience four seasons in a single day. 答案:B

　　A.rather than B.other than C.more than D.better than 正如所说,除英国外,没一个国家能一天经历四个季节。

5、take off

a (鸟等)起跳；跳起来；(飞机等)起飞

The plane took off from the airport and headed south towards Hong Kong. 飞机从机场起飞往南飞向香港。

b脱下(衣帽、鞋子等)，脱掉；拿掉，取下；移去；拆下，拆掉 to take off one's glasses 摘下眼镜

He took off his coat and sat down. 他脱下大衣坐了下来。

c出发；匆匆离开 The professor took off for Shanghai this morning. 教授今天上午动身去上海了。

d中止，中断；停止(演出)，取消；(使火车、公共汽车等)停运

　　　The show had to be taken off because of poor audiences. 因观众太少而不得不取消演出。

e将...调离工作；休假，休息；[美国方言]缺勤，旷工，旷课 He took two weeks off from work. 他歇工两星期。

take短语：

take advice 接受建议 take a bath/walk/rest/trip 洗澡/散步/休息/旅行 take a taxi 搭车