better than是比较级，用法如下：
1.better 是形容词good/副词well 的比较级形式。例句：His English is better than mine./He speaks Spanish better than me.
2.better than 代指形容词的比较级。例如：He is taller than me .
结构︰better＋…＋than＋被比对象
说明︰此句型意为“宁可…；最好还是…”。better 之后可接，，，等。
Please try to attend the meeting. Better late than absent.请您尽量参加会议。迟来也比不来强。
Better to postpone the shipment than to cancel the contract. 与其撤约还不如延期装运。
Better reduce the price than allow a discount. 与其给折扣，不如减价。
1. better有很多含义，作为形容词比较级时意思为更好的。There must be a better way to do this.一定还有更好的办法来做这件事。
2. better也指更好的人或事物。It’s hard to decide which one’s the better.很难确定哪一个更好。
3. better相关的短语有很多，better than 好于…，had better，get better进步。
