no more…than + 从句
从翻译的角度来看，这类句型有一个很重要的特点，就是than 后面的从句在形式上是肯定的，在意义上是否定的; 表面上表示不同等的比较，实质上则是表示等同关系。如：
He is no more your friend than I am your mother.
他不是你的朋友，就像我不是你的母亲一样。
He is no more a god than we are.
他和我们一样，也不是神。
You are no more a vampire than I am.
A whale is no more a fish than a horse is.
He is no more fit to be a minister than a school boy would be.
他不适合当局长，就像一个小学生不适于当部长一样。
no more than 和 not more than
not more than + 数词(或名词) 与 no more than + 数词(或名词) 这两个短语在意义上 口气上的区别。 not more than 没有什么特殊的意味，只是客观地表示”不超过""不大于”。从这里看不出作者对数量多少或事物大小的主观态度或口气。 no more than 则不同，它主要是用来表达作者的主观看法或口气的：强调数量之少，事物之小或微不足道。一般可译作“仅仅”“只不过”“才”“跟······一样少(小)”。列如:
这种用法在柯林斯词典上的解释:
You use no more than or not more than when you want to emphasize how small a number or amount is.
Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build.
He was so poor that he had no more than one hundred dollars.
他穷得只有100美元了。
He was a kid really, not more than eighteen or nineteen.
Choose no/not more than three options. = choose three options or fewer
选项不得超过三个。
Most of the images on the website are not more than eye candy.
网页上大多数图片虽然吸引眼球，却毫无意义。
There are beautiful mountains not more than ten minutes’ drive away.
开车不超过10分钟，就能看见峻秀的山脉。
They were no more than survivals from the past.
The moon still hung in the sky but was no more now than a white stain.
这里补充说明, nothing more than 具有与 no more than 相同的语气, 亦可译为 ‘仅仅’ ‘只不过’等. 例如: