比较：
She has no more than three hats. 她只有3顶帽子 。（太少了）
She has not more than three hats. 她至多有3顶帽子 。（也许不到3顶帽子）
I have no more than five yuan in my pocket. 我口袋里的钱最多不过5元 。（言其少）
I have not more than five yuan in my pocket. 我口袋里的钱不多于5元 。（也许不到5元）
no/not more...than
1. no more...than 表示对两者都否定，意为“同……一样不”（=neither...nor...） 。如：
---He is no more a writer than a painter. 他既不是画家，也不是作家 。（=He is neither a painter nor a writer.）
--He’s no more able to read Spanish than I am. 他和我都读不懂西班牙语 。（=Neither he nor I am able to read Spanish.
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---I know no more Spanish than I know Greek. 我对西班牙语和希腊语同样都不懂 。（=I know neither Spanish nor Greek.）
2. not more...than 指两者都具有某种特征，但是程度不同，意为“不如”“不及”（=not so... as） 。如：(less…than…)
--She is not more clever than he is. 她不如他聪明 。（=She is not so clever as he is.）
--This book is not more difficult than that one. 这本书不及那本书难 。（This book is not so difficult as that one.）
此外还有：
1)no other........than...... ;；除...之外，不再.......
如：I have no other relative in Binzhou than my aunt. 在滨州除了姑妈之外我再无其它亲戚了 。
2)would rather ......than......；宁愿......也不......
如：The soldier would rather die than give in. 那位士兵宁可死也不投降 。
3)、no/none other than......；不是别的，正好是...
如：The man with a book in his hand is no/none other than our English teacher.
手里拿着书的那个人不是别人，正是我们的英语老师 。
4)nothing else than.......;完全是........
如：What he said just now was nothing else than a joke. 他刚才说的简直是笑话 。

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less than 的用法
1. （指数量）不到，不足
It’s less than half an hour’s drive from here. 开车到那里不到半个钟头 。
In less than an hour he finished the work. 没要上一个小时，他就完成了工作 。
2. 比……（小）少
She eats less than she should. 她吃得比她应该吃的少 。
Half the group felt they spent less than average. 半数人觉得他们的花费低于平均水平 。
3. 不太，一点也不
The boys were less than happy about having a party. 开晚会男孩子们并不很高兴 。
We were less than delighted to have company that day. 那天有客人我们并不太高兴 。
He was less than helpful when we arrived. 我们到达时他一点也不帮忙 。
less...than 的用法
1. 不像（如）
He is less honest than his brother. 他不如他哥哥诚实 。
2. 比……少，不如……多
We drink less coffee than tea. 我们喝咖啡不如喝茶多 。
I got less money than the others did. 我比别人得到的钱少 。
3. 与其……不如……
I regard him less as my teacher than as my friend. 与其说我把他当作老师，不如说我是把他当作朋友 。
注：表示此义时可与more...than 结构替换（但要注意词序的变化） 。如：
He is less a teacher than an expert./He is more an expert than a teacher. 与其说他是老师，不如说他是专家 。
拓展延伸
“no more than”=only, 言其少，译作“不过，只有，仅仅”；“not more than”=at most，可译为“不超过，至多” 。例如：
He has no more than $10. 他只有十美元 。
Tom is not more than 5 years old. 他至多5岁 。
理解记忆时，只需要把no，这个形容词翻译为：没有，而not作为副词译为“不”，理解起来就容易多了 。

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