better than

Nothing concentrates the mind better than the knowledge that you could die tomorrow.

没有什么比知道自己明天就可能会死去更能让人定下心来去思考种种问题的了。

There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones.

甚少证据显示严惩比宽大更能遏止犯罪。

It was much better than I'd expected.

这比我预料的要好得多。

I'd like nothing better than to join you girls.

我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。

His design was infinitely better than anything I could have done.

他的设计比我所能设计出的不知要好上多少倍。

After all, 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.

毕竟，锻炼15分钟比不锻炼好。

She painted a rosy picture of their life together in Italy (= made it appear to be very good and perhaps better than it really was) .

她把他们在意大利的共同生活描绘得非常美好。

She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.

她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。

The police say the response has been far better than expected.

警方称反应比预期好很多。

Well, really and truly, things were better than expected.

啊，情况的的确确比预计的要好。

You're miles better than most of the performers we see nowadays.

你比当下我们见到的大多数表演者都强多了。

the dangerous notion of white supremacy (= that white races are better than others and should control them)

危险的白人至上观念

Browning's prediction is no better than a wild guess.

勃朗宁的预测不过是妄加猜测而已。

There's nothing better than a long soak in a hot bath.

没有什么比好好地泡个热水澡更舒服的了。

Your English is infinitely better than my German.

你的英语比我的德语好太多了。

He knows better than to judge by appearances.

他明白得很，绝不会凭表面现象来判断。

The economic indicators are better than expected.

经济指标比预期的好。

T-shirts are a nice little earner and it's better than the dole.

卖T恤衫来钱容易，比领救济金好。

Even unpaid work for charity is better than nothing.

即便是给慈善机构做义工也比什么都不做要好。

He feels better than he has ever felt before.

他从未感觉这么好过。

The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.

病人对治疗的反应比预想的好得多。

"You'll have to do better than that," Joanna scoffed.

“你可得做得比那好，”乔安娜讥讽地说。

Diplomacy is better than war.

采取外交手段胜于诉诸战争。

It is better to be a giver than a taker.

施比受有福。

Some designs are better than others.

有一些设计比其他的好。

The train's average speed was no better than that of our bicycles.

火车的平均速度比我们骑自行车的速度快不了多少。

It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.

用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。

He liked the Secretary no better than his assistant.

他讨厌这位大臣的程度几乎和讨厌大臣的助理一样。

I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught.

你的解释比我以前学过的更让我喜欢。

Some pulsars keep time better than the earth's most accurate clocks.

某些脉冲星发送脉冲比地球上最精确的时钟都准时。