not any more…than/ no more…than
問： (1) She isn’t any more courageous than he (is).
(2) She is no more courageous than he (is).
請問句(1) 和句(2) 的意思是否相同?
答：關於no more…than 的意義和用法, 我們在no more … than 條中已經討論過了。應當記住, not any more…than 是no more…than 的強調形式, 因此, 它們的用法和含義是相同的。下面補充幾個not any more…than 的例句:
- It’s no use asking me. I don’t know any more than you. 問我沒有用。我跟你同樣不懂。
- I could not do that any more than you. = I could no more do that than you. 我和你一樣, 也不能做這件事。
- Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be called a science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house. 科學是用事實建立起來的, 就像房子是由磚建築起來的一樣; 但是, 收集到一起的事實並不能稱為科學, 正如一堆磚不能稱為房子一樣。