than的意思是比；除…(以外)；(剛剛…)就；與其…(毋寧,寧願,不如,索性)。
例句有如下：
1.Workers?shall?not?use,?or?be?required?to?use,?any?other?means?of?access?than?the?means?specified?or?allowed?by?this?Article.
除本條所規定或準許的上下船設備外，工人不得使用或被命令使用其他設備。
2.It used to?puzzle?me?why?institutional?traders?as a group?performed?so?much?better?than?private?traders.
令我不解的是，為什麽機構交易者的表現比個人交易者要好那麽多。
3.Their?vulnerability?to?obesity?is much more the result of?societal?inequalities?than?of any?character?flaw.
他們易患肥胖，更多源自社會不平等，而非性格缺陷。
4.To?say?nothing?is?often?more?difficult?than?expressing?the?anger,?love?and?betrayal?with?words.
用無聲表達妳的憤怒、愛意和不忠通常比用言語來表達要困難得多。