many more

在本句中, more 是 many 的比较级, 作 people 的定语, 而它前面的 many 则是比较结构的修饰语。试对比比较结构的其它修饰语: far, much, still, a lot, a little, a bit, rather, slightly, three times。当 more + 复数名词时, 可以用 many 或 far 来修饰, 而不能用 much 来修饰①。例如:

1. $\$left\{\begin{array}{l} many more opportunities (or far more opportunities) \\ much more money (or far more money) \end{array}\right. 多得多的机会

2. A delivery man can carry many more plastic containers than containers made of wood or glass. 送货员拿塑料容器要比拿木制或玻璃制容器多得多。

3. We have had many more apples this year than last year. (C $\$dot{G} EL) 我们今年收获的苹果比去年多得多。

4. Chicago has many more people than Washington. 芝加哥的人口比华盛顿多得多。

5. There are many more people looking for jobs than finding them every summer. 每年夏天找工作的人比找到工作的人多得多。

6. There are many more good people in the world than bad and evil people. (Hillary, Living History) 世界上好人比坏人和邪恶的人多很多。(希拉里，《亲历历史》)

在 TOEFL 试题中也可以发现这种用法：

Randall found Duperol's style of writing to have many more complexities than Ann Katrin. (TOEFL) (应将 Ann Katrin 改为 Ann Katrin's)

[试译]……患“形盲”的人要比患色盲的人多得多请做下面的英语试题：

1. There are ____ students in our class than ____. A. many more; theirs B. much more; in theirs C. more many; theirs D. many more; in theirs

2. The food she has prepared for the party is not enough, for there are ____ more people than she expected. A. much B. many C. too D. so

3. The hens have laid ____ eggs since we changed method of feeding. A. more many B. many more C. much more D. more much

4. It takes ____ to go by train from Shanghai to Beijing than to Nanjing. A. many more hours B. much more hours C. many more hour D. much more hour

5. There are ____ books in our library than in your library. A. many more B. more many C. much more D. more much

6. He has made ____ this term than he did last term. A. many more progresses B. much more progresses C. many more progress D. much more progress