例如：
1) Jack is no more intelligent than John. (=Jack is not intelligent any more than John.)
杰克与约翰一样都不聪明。
2) A man can no more fly than a bird can speak. (=A man cannot fly any more than a bird can speak.) 人不会飞翔，就像鸟不会说话一样。
3) As a nation, the French are no more eager to 1earn about their wartime failings thanre the Japanese. (=As a nation，the French are not eager to learn about their wartime failings any more than are the Japanese.)
作为一个国家，法国正 a如日本一样不积极地从他们的战争失败中吸取教训。
上述例句表明，no more...than并不表示比较，而是表示比喻，含有比喻意义的比较级用于否定时，than后面的从句不用否定式，但译成汉语时要用否定式。而与上述句型意义相反的是：no less...than，意为：“和……同样是……”。例如：
Human is no less an animal than a monkey is. 人和猴都是动物。
而no less than 的意思为：“简直是，实在是”，例如：
1) It is no less than blackmail to ask such a high price. 如此索要高价，简直是敲诈。
2) It is no less than a scandal. 这实在是一件丑闻。
