2. 強(qiáng)調(diào)句型 It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.
3. "All+抽象名詞"或"抽象名詞+itself"(very+形容詞)He was all gentleness to her.
4. 利用詞匯重復(fù)表示強(qiáng)調(diào) A crime is a crime a crime.
5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of" "something of"相當(dāng)于"to some extent",表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中,則為"anything of ",可譯為"有點(diǎn)","略微等。""譯為毫無","全無"。"much of"譯為"大有","not much of"可譯為"算不上","稱不上","little of"可譯為"幾乎無"。something like譯為"有點(diǎn)像,略似。
They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.
6. 同格名詞修飾是指of前后的兩個(gè)名詞都指同一個(gè)人或物,"of"以及它前面的名詞構(gòu)一個(gè)形容詞短語,以修飾"of"后面的那個(gè)名詞。如"her old sharper of a father",可譯為:"她那騙子般的父親"。Those pigs of girls eat so much.
7. as…as…can(may)be It is as plain as plain can be.
8. "It is in(with)…as in(with)" It is in life as in a journey.
9. "as good as…"相等于,就像,幾乎如;實(shí)際上,其實(shí),實(shí)在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
10."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可譯為"與其……,不如……,更好","以這樣做……為宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可譯為"猶如……","可與……一樣荒唐","與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.