know better than to 知道的比……多
know better than 表示“知道的比……多”,“最起碼知道……”,換句話(huà)說(shuō)就是“沒(méi)有那么蠢”。than 后面可以接名詞或 to+動(dòng)詞。
例句:
You know better than that.
你不至于那么蠢。
I know better than that.
該懂的我都懂了。
Of course, she knew better than to say this to her husband.
當(dāng)然,她可沒(méi)有蠢到把這些告訴她丈夫。
對(duì)話(huà):
A: Your children are very well behaved.
你的孩子很有教養(yǎng)。
B: They know better than to act badly.
他們已經(jīng)過(guò)了胡鬧的年紀(jì)了。