You’ve got more mouth on you than any woman I’ve ever known. 你是我知道的最饒舌的女人。——摘自《新牛津英語雙解大詞典》
She can reckon up a bill faster than any calculator. 她算賬單的速度比計算器還要快。——摘自《劍橋高級英語詞典》(第2版)
但后接復(fù)數(shù)也是完全可能的。如:
The national interest is more important than any sectional or personal interests. 國家利益高于局部或個人利益。——摘自《劍橋高級英語詞典》(第2版)
■than any other 后接可數(shù)名詞通常用單數(shù)。如:
He possesses more talent than any other player. 他比別的選手都更有天賦。——摘自《新牛津英語雙解大詞典》
He does not think that his beliefs make him any worse than any other man. 他覺得自己的信仰并不讓他比其他人更邪惡。——摘自《柯林斯Cobuild高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》
但用復(fù)數(shù)也是可能的,只是相對要少見得多。如下面一句摘自《朗文當(dāng)代英語辭典》(2003年第4版):
Above all else (=more than any other things) she was seeking love.