Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):There Is More to Life Than Money

讀者陳小姐問(wèn)："There is more to life than money" 是什么意思？"There is more to ... than ..." 是不是跟 "the more ..., the more ... " 一樣是固定句型？

There is more to A than B 可以說(shuō)是一固定的句型。直譯過(guò)來(lái)，就是 A 不單只是 B。言下之意，就是除了 B 以外，A 還包含其它的東西。There is more to life than money 就是指生命除了金錢以外，還有其他的考慮。

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There is more to martial arts than brute strength.
要學(xué)好功夫，不能只憑一股蠻力。

There is more to love than sex.
愛(ài)情豈止在于性愛(ài)。

有時(shí)為了加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，我們還會(huì)在 B 前面多加上 "just" 一字。因此 陳小姐的句子也可改寫(xiě)成 There is more to life than just money。以上的例子也可以改寫(xiě)成 "there is more to martial arts than just brute strength" 和 "there is more to love than just sex"。

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