11. | The actual cost was much higher than we had expected. |
| 实际成本比我们预料的高得多。
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12. | He looks younger than his wife, but in actual fact he's a lot older. |
| 他看上去比他妻子年轻,可是实际上他大得多。
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13. | Some villagers have never been further afield than the neighbouring town. |
| 有些村民从未远离过附近的市镇。
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14. | To find the causes of the problem we need look no further afield than our own department. |
| 要找出问题所在,不必超出我们本部门的范围。
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15. | I enjoyed the apres-ski more than the skiing itself. |
| 我喜欢滑雪,更喜欢滑雪后的闲暇时间。
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16. | They refused to accept less than the asking price. |
| 他们言无二价。
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17. | He is eclipsed by his wife, who is much cleverer and more amusing than he is. |
| 他妻子比他聪明而有风趣,显得他黯然失色。
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18. | My brother was much older and cleverer than me so I always held him in awe. |
| 我哥哥比我大得多也比我聪明得多,所以我始终对他怀有敬畏之心。
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19. | It is axiomatic (to say) that a whole is greater than any of its parts. |
| 整体大于其任何一部分是公理。
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20. | Mary was a bit of an afterthought -- her brothers and sisters are all much older than her. |
| 玛丽算是后添的-她哥哥姐姐都比她大得多。
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