有一读者问：高中英语第三册有这样两句话：
(1)You wanted justice; so you shall get justice—more than you wanted.
(2)Give me three times more than Antonio borrowed from me.
请讲一下这里的more than的功能和用法。
上述句（1）与句（2）中的more都是代词。句（1）的more=more justice，句（2）的more=more money.两句中的than之后皆可看作省去了what。但两句中的more than的意思并不相同。句（1）中的more than的本义是“超过，不止”，表强调，如：
(3)He was more than willing to help. （more than在此相当于extremely）
(4)She is more than pretty. She is beautiful.
但上述句（1）中的more than已转义为否定，其义是“不是，并非”。再如：
(5)The noise was more than I could bear.
句（2）中的more than的意思仅仅是“多于”，再如：
(6)—Are there a lot of people?
—There are more than we expected.
这里似乎值得提一下，three times more than会有歧义：或等于……的3倍，或等于……的4倍（即1倍加3倍）。但在当代英语中，则一般皆认为等于……的3倍。最好的表现法是：说“等于……的3倍”用three times as much（或many）as。说“等于……的4倍”用four times as much（或many）as。
