含有比较级的几个有用习语

1. more or less

其意为“几乎，差不多”“大约，或多或少”。如：

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

The answers were more or less right. 回答基本上是正确的。

It’s an hour’s journey, more or less. 大约有一个钟头的路程。

2. sooner or later

其意为“迟早，早晚，总有一天”。如：

Don’t worry—the child will come back sooner or later. 别急，这小孩迟早会回来的。

You should tell her, because she’ll find out sooner or later. 他应该告诉她，因为她迟早会发觉的。

3. what’s more

其意为“而且”“此外”“还有”“更有甚者”。如：

She says we could use her car, and what’s more, she’ll pay for the petrol. 她说我们可以用她的车，而且她还愿付汽油费。

He came home after midnight, and what’smore, hew as drunk. 他半夜过后才回家，而且喝醉了。

4. no sooner…than…

其意为“一…就…”。如：

We had no sooner set out than a thunderstorm broke. 我们刚出发就遇到了大雷雨。

No sooner had he gone to sleep than the telephone rang once again. 他刚睡着电话铃又响了。