英語中表示比較的句型相當多，如果句型中插進了一個否定詞，其意義和用法就很難掌握，下面介紹幾種常見的表達方式：

1．no better than：表示“和……一樣；實際等于……”，如：

He is no better than a beggar. 他實際上等于一個乞丐。

The invalid is no better than he was yesterday. 病人的情況和昨天一樣。

He has no better a say in the matter than I have. 他和我一樣在這件事上沒有發言權。

2．not. . . any more than或no more. . . than：表示“同……一樣不”，如：

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

He is not a poet any more than I am a scholar. 我不是一個學者，他也不是一個詩人。

This story is no more interesting than that one. 這個故事和那個故事一樣沒有趣味。

He is no more able to read German than I am. 他和我一樣都不懂德語。

3．not so much. . . as：表示“與其……不如……”

He is not so much a writer as a reporter. 他與其說是個作家，不如說是個記者。

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

你的解釋沒有起到啟發作用，反而把我們弄糊涂了。

Oceans don’t so much divide the world as unite it. 與其說海洋分隔了世界，不如說海洋聯結了世界。

I don’t so much dislike him as hate him. 我與其說不喜歡他，不如說我恨他。

4．nothing like：表示“沒有什么能比得上……”

There is nothing like home. 金窩銀窩，不如自己的草窩。

There is nothing like walking as a means of keeping fit. 沒有比散步來保持健康更好的了。

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

5．nothing like（或near）as（或so）... as：表示“遠遠不像……那樣”

This novel is nothing near so interesting as that one. 這篇小說遠遠不及那篇小說有趣。

The book is nothing like as difficult as I expected. 這本書遠沒有我想像的那么難懂。

His analysis of the poem is nothing like as penetrating as yours. 他對這首詩的分析遠沒有你的分析那樣透徹。

6．no less … than：表示“和……一樣”

He is no less active than he used to be. 他和從前一樣活躍。

His mind is no less alert than yours. 他的思路和你的一樣敏捷。

Our soldiers fought with no less daring than skill. 我們的士兵作戰的英勇不亞于他們的戰斗技能。