more
determiner,pronoun,adverb
uk/mɔːr/us/mɔːr/A1
alargerorextranumberoramount:
更大（的）；更多（的）Would you like some morefood?你想再要些吃的吗？
Thedoctorscan'tcopewithanymorepatients.医生们无法收治更多的病人了。
Add some morecreamto thesauce.在调味汁里多加些奶油。
You need tolistenmore andtalkless!你需要多听，少说！
Morepeoplelivein thecapitalthanin thewholeof therestof thecountry.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。
Wespentmoretimeon the lastjobthanusual.在上一份工作中我们所花的时间比平时更多。
Thenoisewas morethanI couldbear.我实在无法忍受那种噪声了。
It was a hundredtimesmorefunthanI'dexpected.那比我期待的要有趣百倍。
She's moreof apoetthananovelist.与其说是小说家，不如说她是诗人。
Bring as muchfoodas you can -themore,thebetter.尽可能多带些食物来，越多越好。
A1
used toformthecomparativeof manyadjectivesandadverbs:
（用以构成形容词和副词的比较级）更She couldn't be morebeautiful.她非常漂亮。
Let'sfinda moresensibleway of doing it.让我们找一个更明智的方法来做这件事。
You couldn't be morewrong.你大错特错了。
Hefindsphysicsfar/muchmoredifficultthanothersciencesubjects.他感到物理比其他理科学科难得多。
Play that lastsectionmorepassionately.演奏最后那一部分要更有激情。
used toemphasizethelargesizeof something:
（用于强调规模大）更大程度地，更大范围内Morethan20,000demonstratorscrowdedinto thesquare.两万多示威者涌进了广场。
more and more
B2
increasingly:
日益，越来越It gets more and moredifficulttounderstandwhat is going on.越来越弄不懂现在发生的事情了。
the more...the more/less
used to say that when anactionoreventcontinues, there will be aparticularresult:
越…越…The more hedrank, the moreviolenthebecame.他喝得越多，就变得越狂暴。
The more heinsistedhe wasinnocent, the less theyseemedtobelievehim.他越是坚持自己是无辜的，他们似乎就越不相信他。
- Be abitmoreconfidentin yourself!
- Mentendto be moreaggressivethan women.
- They still need agreatdealmoremoneytofinishtheproject.
- Do youthinkAustraliais a moredemocraticcountrythanBritain?
- You shouldeatmorefoodthatcontainsa lot offibre, such asfruit,vegetablesandbread.
Large in number or quantity
- above and beyond sthidiom
- amount
- and then someidiom
- another
- any amount ofidiom
- bag
- half
- in bucketsidiom
- in spadesidiom
- incalculable
- innumerable
- load up onsomething
- million
- thick on the groundidiom
- thing
- tremendous
- untold
- upward(s) of
- wazoo
- whole
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Also, extra, and in addition
Being based on or depending on something
Grammar
Comparison: nouns (more money,the most points)
…More
We use the quantifier more to talk about additional quantities, amounts and degree. More is a comparative word.…Morewith nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, prepositions
We use more with different classes of words. We use more after verbs but before every other word class:…Moreorless
More or less means ‘mostly’, ‘nearly’ or ‘approximately’. We use it in mid position (between the subject and main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb). It is slightly informal:…Any moreoranymore?
We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in affirmative statements; any more is more common in questions, in clauses with if and in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, scarcely:…Any moreas a determiner
We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in affirmative statements; any more is more common in questions, in clauses with if and in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, scarcely:…Any moreas an adverb
Any more is also an adverb and has the meaning of ‘no longer’ or ‘in the past but not now.’ In this meaning, we use it in end position:…No more,not any more
No more and not any more are determiners and adverbs.…Idioms
all the more
any more
couldn't agree/disagree more
more or less
more than
the more the merrier
not/no more than
that's more like it!