13. only (not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"結(jié)構(gòu)中,不定式也沒有否定意義,凡是"not","all" "but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意義,在"too ready(apt) +to do"結(jié)構(gòu)中,不定式也沒有否定意義。
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
14. "no more …than…"句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
15. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"結(jié)構(gòu),"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有進可換用but rather,可譯為:"與其說是……毋須說是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可譯為"甚至……還沒有"。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
16. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"結(jié)構(gòu),"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高級比較的意思,"Nothing I"可換用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可譯為"沒 有……比……更為","像……再沒有了","最……"等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
17. "cannot…too…"結(jié)構(gòu),"cannot…too…"意為"It is impossible to overdo…"或者,即"無論怎樣……也不算過分"。"not"可換用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可換用"enough", "sufficient"等
You cannot be too careful.
18. "否定+but "結(jié)構(gòu),在否定詞后面的"but",具有"which not","who