英语中表示比较的句型相当多，如果句型中插进了一个否定词，其意义和用法就很难掌握，下面介绍几种常见的表达方式：

1．no better than：表示“和……一样；实际等于……”，如：

He is no better than a beggar. 他实际上等于一个乞丐。

The invalid is no better than he was yesterday. 病人的情况和昨天一样。

He has no better a say in the matter than I have. 他和我一样在这件事上没有发言权。

2．not. . . any more than或no more. . . than：表示“同……一样不”，如：

I could no more do that than you. I could not do that any more than you. 你不能做这件事，我也不能做。

He is not a poet any more than I am a scholar. 我不是一个学者，他也不是一个诗人。

This story is no more interesting than that one. 这个故事和那个故事一样没有趣味。

He is no more able to read German than I am. 他和我一样都不懂德语。

3．not so much. . . as：表示“与其……不如……”

He is not so much a writer as a reporter. 他与其说是个作家，不如说是个记者。

Your explanation does not so much enlighten us as confuse us.

你的解释没有起到启发作用，反而把我们弄糊涂了。

Oceans don’t so much divide the world as unite it. 与其说海洋分隔了世界，不如说海洋联结了世界。

I don’t so much dislike him as hate him. 我与其说不喜欢他，不如说我恨他。

4．nothing like：表示“没有什么能比得上……”

There is nothing like home. 金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。

There is nothing like walking as a means of keeping fit. 没有比散步来保持健康更好的了。

There is nothing like leather for shoes. 做鞋用皮革再好没有了。

5．nothing like（或near）as（或so）... as：表示“远远不像……那样”

This novel is nothing near so interesting as that one. 这篇小说远远不及那篇小说有趣。

The book is nothing like as difficult as I expected. 这本书远没有我想像的那么难懂。

His analysis of the poem is nothing like as penetrating as yours. 他对这首诗的分析远没有你的分析那样透彻。

6．no less … than：表示“和……一样”

He is no less active than he used to be. 他和从前一样活跃。

His mind is no less alert than yours. 他的思路和你的一样敏捷。

Our soldiers fought with no less daring than skill. 我们的士兵作战的英勇不亚于他们的战斗技能。