replacement part of a reduction rule

If you can only exercise once a week, that's better than nothing.

即便是一个星期锻炼一次，也比完全不锻炼好。

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。

He knows better than to judge by appearances.

他明白得很，绝不会凭表面现象来判断。

"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。

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

啊，情况的的确确比预计的要好。

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。

He feels better than he has ever felt before.

他从未感觉这么好过。

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。

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'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。

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。

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。

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。

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

毕竟，锻炼15分钟比不锻炼好。

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。

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

我最喜欢和你们女孩子在一起了。

I feel an awful lot better than I did yesterday.

我觉得身体比昨天好得多了。

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。

His second book is better than his first.

他的第二部书比第一部好。

Some designs are better than others.

有一些设计比其他的好。

To be fair, she behaved better than we expected.

说句公道话，她表现得比我们预期的要好。

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。

Women seem to be able to multitask better than men.

女性似乎比男性更擅长同时做数件事情。

It was much better than I'd expected.

这比我预料的要好得多。

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。

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。

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

警方称反应比预期好很多。

The path was no better than a sheep track.

那条小路简直就像是羊肠小道。

Some lines sell better than others.

有些品种的货物销售得好些，有些则较差。

It is better to be a giver than a taker.

施比受有福。