13、only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"結(jié)構中,不定式,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)構中,不定式。
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,"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,"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,"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,在否定詞后面的"but",具有"which not","who not","that not",等等否定意義,構成前后的雙重否定??勺g成"沒有……不是"或"……都……"等
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
19、"否定+until(till)"結(jié)構,在否定詞"no","not","never","little","few","seldom"等的后邊所接用的"until/till",多數(shù)情況下譯為"直到……才……","要……才……",把否定譯為肯定。
Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.
20、"not so…but"和"not such a…but"結(jié)構,這兩個結(jié)構和"否定+but"的結(jié)構差不多,不同之點是這兩個結(jié)構中的"but"是含有"that…not"意味的連續(xù)詞,表示程度??勺g為"還沒有……到不能做……的程度","并不是……不……","無論怎樣……也不是不能……"等。
He is not so sick but he can come to school.
21、"疑問詞+should…but"結(jié)構,這個結(jié)構表示過去的意外的事,意為"none…but",可譯為"除了……還有誰會……","豈料","想不到……竟是……"等。
Who should write it but himself?
22、"who knows but (that)…"和"who could should…but"結(jié)構,這個結(jié)構是反問形式,一般意譯為"多半","亦未可知"等等,有時也可直譯。
Who knows but (that) he may go?
23、"祈使句+and"和"祈使句+or"結(jié)構,"祈使句+and"表示"If…you…","祈使名+or"表示"if…not…,you。
Add love to a house and you have a home. Aad righteousness to a city and you have a community. Aad truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school.
24、"名詞+and"結(jié)構,在這個結(jié)構中,名詞等于狀語從句,或表示條件,或表示時間。
A word, and he would lose his temper.