no more, no longer 与 not any more, not any longer 有何区别?
no more, no longer 主要用于正式语体:
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That day we read no more. (IME) 那天我们没再阅读。
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Natural magnets are no longer used in compasses. 指南针中已不再使用天然磁铁了。
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When you break up a molecule of water, you no longer have water at all. 当你把水分子分解后,你就不再有水了。
其次, any more, any longer 在否定句中要用在动词的后面。而 no more 和 no longer 的位置则比较灵活:
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No more will the creators of a new element be able to name it after a famous scientist (lawrencium), city (berkelium), or state (californium). (TOEFL) 新元素的发现者不再用著名科学家的名字来命名(镑),用城市名来命名(镑)或用州名来命名(铡)了。
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The shore was no longer in sight. (DAI) 海岸不再看得见了。
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He could no longer be trusted and they had to let him go. (DAI) 他不再被信任,因此他们解雇了他。
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The glory of youth will be yours no longer. (IME) 青年的荣誉将不再属于你们。
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Today taping a suspect's phone is no longer allowed unless the investigators have a court order to do so. (TOEFL) 现在已不允许对嫌疑人的电话进行录音,除非调查者持有法院的命令。
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They often sold their land or gave it away without realizing that it would no longer be theirs. (TOEFL)他们常常卖掉土地或是赠送给别人,而没有意识到土地将不再属于他们。 (参见下条)