11. "to make...of"的譯法(使……成為……,把……當作)
I will make a scientist of my son.
12. to...+不定式",not(never)to...+不定式","too...not+不定式
She is too angry to speak.
13. only(not, all, but, never) too...to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"結構中,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"結構中,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。可譯成"沒有……不是"或"……都……"等
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
19. "否定+until (till)"結構,在否定詞"no","not","never","little","few","seldom"等的后邊所接用的"until/till",多數情況下譯為"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"結構,這兩個結構和"否定+but"的結構差不多,不同之點是這兩個結構中的"but"是含有"that...not"意味的連續詞,表示程度。可譯為"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.
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