There are no more than a hundred people in the hall.大廳里只有100人。

　　(2) not more than=at the most不超過(guò)，至多

　　There are not more than a hundred people in the hall.大廳里至多100人。

　　(3) no less than多達(dá)，不少于

　　He made no less than￡500. 他賺了多達(dá)五百英鎊的錢(qián)。

　　He walks no less than five miles to school. 他上學(xué)至少要走五英里。

　　(4) less than不到，不太，極不

　　I won’t take less than $5000 for my car.我的汽車(chē)低于5000美元不賣(mài)。

　　The boys were less than happy about having a party. 開(kāi)晚會(huì)男孩子并不很高興。

　　Doctors have been less than successful in treating this condition.醫(yī)生在治療這種病時(shí)極不成功。

　　(5) more than多于，超過(guò)((=over, 后接數(shù)詞);不只是(=not only, 后接名詞、動(dòng)詞或副詞);非常，十分(=very, 后接形容詞、副詞、動(dòng)詞或分詞);難以，完全不能(用于more than…can…)“。

　　He was more than seventy years of age. 他有七十多歲了。

　　He more than smiled, but laughed.他不只是微笑而是大笑。

　　They were more than glad to help.他們非常樂(lè)于幫忙。

　　That is more than I can tell.那我就不知道了。

　　(6) more or less(=almost, nearly, about)基本上，差不多，大約

　　The work is more or less finished.工作基本上完成了。

　　The repairs will cost $30, more or less.修理費(fèi)大約要30美元。

　　(7) sooner or later遲早，早晚，總有一天

　　You should tell her because she’ll find out sooner or later.你還是告訴她吧，因?yàn)樗�早晚�?huì)發(fā)覺(jué)的。

　　(8) what’s more而且，此外，還有，更有甚者

　　I missed the bus and had to walk home. What’s more, it was raining and I got all wet. 我趕不上巴士，不得不走回家，而且那時(shí)正在下雨，我全身都濕透了。

　　(9) no sooner…than…一……就……

　　He had no sooner arrived than he was asked to leave again.他剛到就被支走了。