表否定意義的little可以用于修飾比較級,但其用法比較有限,通常隻用于better或more前。如:
His second suggestion was little better than his first. 他的第二個建議比第一個好不了多少。
Aid to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean. 目前對第三世界的援助不過是杯水車薪。
The President will be little more than a figurehead.
總統将不過是個傀儡而已。
He was little more than a cipher who faithfully carried out the Fuehrer'scommands.
他隻不過是個走狗,忠實執行元首的命令。
This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.
這項協議不過是塊遮羞布而已,用來掩蓋對自然景觀的持續破壞。
19 per cent of B2C companies are now worth little more than the cash on theirbalance sheets.
19%的B2C電子商務公司現在的市值比其資産負債表上的現金額高不了多少。
He might be considered little more than a convenient mouthpiece for the PrimeMinister's own economic views.
他或許僅被視為首相個人經濟觀點的傳聲筒。
The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
這些措施也就是裝裝門面,一旦投資者認真探究,就會原形畢露。
Most of the 'new' models promised by American car makers look set to be little more than rehashes of existing products.
這些美國汽車制造商承諾推出的“新款”多半都像是現有車型的翻版。
以上7例摘自《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》
He is little more than a boy in worldly experience.
他涉世不深,簡直還是一個孩子。
《漢英大詞典》
不過,表肯定意義的a little修飾比較級的用法比較普通。如:
The paper should be a little thicker. 這紙應該再厚一點兒。
Can you stay a little longer? 你能再呆會兒嗎?
The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it
那房子比我上次見到時更破舊了些。
既然是普通用法,這方面不再舉例。
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