48. If you have spare time to visit my hometown, I’d be more than happy to be your guide.
If you have free time to visit my hometown, I will be more than happy to be your tour guide.
The more than representation of classical sentence pattern parsing is very much used
Today only parses more than reinforces the usage of tone and degree. Other usages can be found in my previous articles.
1. More than+ adjectives, adverbs or participles such as: more than happy/welcome/likely/glad/ready etc.
Very; very; very, extremely (equivalent to very), deep for, more than that, not only;
He will be more than happy to come with us.
He wished he could come with us.
Oxford Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary
I was more than happy to lend my support to such a good cause.
I am more than happy to assist in such a wonderful cause.
You're more than welcome to come.
You are very welcome.
It's more than likely that the thieves don't know how much it is worth.
Thieves most likely don't know the value of this item. Oxford Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary
We both know he's more than likely dead.
We all knew he might be dead.
Asner seemed more than glad to take on his role.
Asna seems to be very happy about playing the role.
I am more than glad to provide you other information you may need.
If you need to know anything else, I'm happy to provide it.
I assure you I am more than glad to help you.
I assure you that I am happy to help you.
Louis XV was more than ready to get married.
Louis XV's marriage was already ready.
Shanghai is more than ready for that.
Shanghai is fully prepared.
She is more than kind to us all.
He was more than upset by the accident. This accident made him very upset.
She is more thanbeautiful. She is very beautiful.
They were more than happy to see us come back from the expedition. They were overjoyed to see us return from our expedition.
He is more than selfish. =
He is very selfish.
She is more than happy to it.
She was extremely pleased with the matter.
I am more than happy to hear that.
I was very happy to hear that.
Won’t you have more meat?
No,thanks. I’ve had more than enough already. (托福真题)
Don't you eat some meat anymore? No, thanks. I've had enough.
In doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the instruments. When doing scientific experiments, the use of instruments must be very careful.
I'm afraid I've eaten more than enough. I'm afraid I'm overeating.
Shewasmorethansurprisedwhenshesawthescene.
2.More than + verb, meaning: greatly, very, far away, greatly, more than that, not just waiting
His progress more than encouraged him to work hard.
Progress greatly motivated him to study hard.
I was more than surprised to see the lion standing at the body. I was very surprised to see the lion standing next to the corpse.