Ask & Learn闻问切英语口语:There Is More to Life Than Money

读者陈小姐问："There is more to life than money" 是什么意思？"There is more to ... than ..." 是不是跟 "the more ..., the more ... " 一样是固定句型？

There is more to A than B 可以说是一固定的句型。直译过来，就是 A 不单只是 B。言下之意，就是除了 B 以外，A 还包含其它的东西。There is more to life than money 就是指生命除了金钱以外，还有其他的考虑。

我们再看看其他例子：

There is more to martial arts than brute strength.
要学好功夫，不能只凭一股蛮力。

There is more to love than sex.
爱情岂止在于性爱。

有时为了加强语气，我们还会在 B 前面多加上 "just" 一字。因此 陈小姐的句子也可改写成 There is more to life than just money。以上的例子也可以改写成 "there is more to martial arts than just brute strength" 和 "there is more to love than just sex"。

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