not better than 和 no better than

问题描述

—I didn’t do well in the exam. How about you?
—I did ______ you.
A. as well as
B. no better than
C.not better than.
答案选 D，我感觉好像都行，难道不好的时候就不能用 A 吗？B、C 感觉是一个意思嘛？
感谢老师。

老师答疑

刘老师：

▲—I didn’t do well in the exam. How about you?

—I did ________ you.

A. as well as

B. no better than

C. not better than

▲关于这个题目，我认为答案选 B。A 和 C 都不正确。

1. as well as 意为“跟……一样好”，是从好的角度讲的，根据上下文，此答案应排除。

2. no better than，意为“两者都不好”。

3. not better than，意为“前者不比后者好”，意味着“最多一样好”。

这里有一个问题，就是：did 在句中是实意动词“做”，而不是情态动词。所以，did not better than不成立，应改为 didn’t do better than 才对。

黎老师：

no better than 与 not better than 的区别：no better than 意思是“和 ...... 差不多”、“几乎是”、“简直是”，而 not better than 意思是“还不如 ......”、“至多也不过”。例如：

The invalid is no better than he was yesterday. 病人的情况和昨天差不多。

Such behaviour is not better than lack of self-respect. 这样的举止同不自重一样。

（《薄冰英语惯用法词典》）