★在比较级结构中，than之后可接ever、before或ever before，表“比以往更……”之意。现举例介绍如下：

含比较级形容词∕副词的从句 +than ever before

=含比较级形容词∕副词的从句 +than ever/before

——比以往更……

★实战演练：

It is more expensive than ever before to buy a house in Tianshui.

现在在天水买套房子要比以前贵多了。

Today,more people than ever before are speaking to each other through satellite television,cellular telephones and computers.

现在通过卫星电视、移动电话和计算器来交谈的人要比以往来得多。

Winning the lottery made him richer than ever before.

他中了彩票，比以前更有钱了。