But most people are not using toilet paper any more than normal.
原译：但大部分人并没比平时更多地用卫生纸。
以上原译是不是正确呢？
句中出现了not...any more than结构。= no...more than结构。
这种结构中，假如在no...more than中嵌入名词，或形容词副词的比较级，含义有不同吗？
老师可否深入总结一下no...more than中嵌入名词，或形容词副词的比较级的意思，使用方法等？
谢谢！
But most people are not using toilet paper any more than normal.
= But most people are not using any more toilet paper than normal.
= But most people are using only as much toilet paperas normal.
关于no more...than..., not any more... than... 夸克《大全》有较了解的论述：
我想不需要我翻译了吧，仔细阅读并领会例句：
15.70 When more is a determinative or a head of a noun phrase - functions and in 15.69 - the unit no more . . . than is synonymous with only as many . . . as in countable contexts or with only as much . . . as in noncountable contexts :
Paul has no more friends than I have. [. . . only as many as. . .]
I have no more money than you have. [ . . . only as much as. . .]
Ted got no more than he needed. [ . . . only as many as . . . ]
She said no more than we expected. [ . . . only as much as. . . ]
But when more is an adverb , as in the other function types in 15.69, no more . . . than has special implications.
Consider:
Rachel is no more courageous than Saul .
The sentence implies that both Rachel and Saul are not courageous . Here are some further examples :
Tom is no more athletic than he ever was. [Tom is not athletic, any more than he ever was athletic.]
I can no more apologize than I could kneel to them.
I would no more think of hitting a student than I would a policeman.
No more. . . than has the same meaning when more modifies a gradable noun:
She is no more a fool than you . [She is not a fool, any more than you are, She is not more foolish . . . ]
They are no more scholars than my baby . [They are no more scholarly. . . ]
The rhetorical effect of the construction is not so much to make a comparison as to intensify the negation. That effect is most obvious when the comparison is absurd :
Hes no more your friend than Im your mother.
Not any more. . . than is an emphatic variant of no more . . . than:
Paul hasnt any more friends than I have. [only as many as. . . ]
Rachel isnt any more courageous than Saul . [Rachel isnt courageous, any more than . . .]
Not more . . . than, on the other hand, is different from both no more. . . than and not any more . . . than when more is an adverb or modifies a gradable noun :
This last sentence allows for the possibility that Rachel is less courageous than Saul. It may also be merely a denial sentence in response to Rachel is more courageous than Saul .
Similar distinctions apply to no Iess . . . than, not any less . . . than, and not less . . . than, except that the double negative is less common and as a consequence the distinctions are somewhat blurred.
