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(noun.) English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state.

(adj.) (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; 'more land'; 'more support'; 'more rain fell'; 'more than a gallon' .

(adj.) (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number; 'a hall with more seats'; 'we have no more bananas'; 'more than one' .

(adv.) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; 'more interesting'; 'more beautiful'; 'more quickly'.

(adv.) comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; 'he works more now'; 'they eat more than they should'.

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• Will was not quite contented, thinking that he would apparently have been of more importance if he had been disliked. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They are purging more than the epsom salts in this epoch. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Nothing, he said, can be more just than such a description of him. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She did nothing more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• They are a smaller horde than the Tharks but much more ferocious. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You never noticed it, any more than you noticed me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• During the day Meade assaulted and carried one more redan to his right and two to his left. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• What more can you expect from me, sir? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He perhaps knows more of Mr. Rochester than you do. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Fine art, poetry, that kind of thing, elevates a nation--emollit mores--you understand a little Latin now. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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