【问】Appreciation of sculpture depends upon the ability to respond to form in three dimensions.That is perhaps why sculpture has been described as the most difficult of all arts; certainlyit is more difficult than the arts which involve appreciation of flat forms，shape in onlytwo dimensions. Many more people are 'form-blind' than colour-blind. (New ConceptEnglish，Book 4，P. 126)

[原译]对雕刻品的鉴赏力，取决于对三维形体的反应能力。人们把雕刻说成是一切艺术品中最困难的，可能就是这个道理。当然，它比起只涉及平面形态，或者二维形态的艺术品是要困难些。“形盲”人数要多于“色盲”人数。(中译本)

请问上面的many more中的many是什么意思?

【答】 在本句中，more是many的比较级，作people的定语，而它前面的many则是比较结构的修饰语。试对比比较结构的其它修饰语：far，much，still，a lot，a little，a bit，rather，slight-ly，three times。当more+复数名词时，可以用many或far来修饰，而不能用much来修饰①。例如：

1.many more opportunities (or far more opportunities)

多得多的机会

Much more money (or far more money)

多得多的钱

2.A delivery man can carry many more plastic containers than containers made of wood orglass.

送货员拿塑料容器要比拿木制或玻璃制容器拿得多得多。

3. We have had many more apples this year than last year. (CGEL)

我们今年收获的苹果比去年多得多。

4. Chicago has many more people than Washington.

芝加哥的人口比华盛顿多得多

5. There are many more people looking for jobs than finding them every summer.

每年夏天找工作的人比找到工作的人多得多。

在TOEFL试题中也可以发现这种用法：

Randall found Duperol’s style of writing to have many more complexities than Ann Katrin.

(TOEFL，75.2)(应将Ann Katrin改为Ann Katrin’s)

[试译]……患“形盲”的人要比患色盲的人多得多