than
US: /ˈðæn/, /ðən/
UK: /ðˈɐn/
UK: /ðˈɐn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
than /ðæn/
- liên từ
- hơn
- more perfect than: hoàn hảo hơn
- less perfect than: kém hoàn hảo hơn, không hoàn hảo bằng
- less than: ít hơn, kém, chưa đầy
- less than thirty: chưa đến ba mươi, ít hơn ba mươi
- more than: nhiều hơn, trên, quá
- more than a hundred: hơn một trăm, trên một trăm
- no other than: chỉ là, không khác gì
- rather than: thà rằng... còn hơn
- we would (had) rather die than lay down our arms: chúng ta thà chết còn hơn hạ vũ khí
- hơn
Advanced English dictionary
preposition, conjunction
1 used to introduce the second part of a comparison: I'm older than her. + There was more whisky in it than soda. + He loves me more than you do. + It was much better than I'd expected. + You should know better than to behave like that. + I'd rather e-mail than phone, if that's OK by you.
2 more / less / fewer, etc. ~ used for comparing amounts, numbers, distances, etc: It never takes more than an hour. + It's less than a mile to the beach. + There were fewer than twenty people there.
3 used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another: No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door. + Hardly had we arrived than the problems started.
Idioms see OTHER adj.
Concise English dictionary
ðæn ,ðən
prep. as compared toconj. from
