There's nothing so bad as parting with one's children. One seems so forlorn without them.

語音講解：
單詞發(fā)音
bad/bæd/ -bed /bed/
children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
forlorn /fəˈlɔːn $ fərˈlɔːrn/
without /wɪðˈaʊt/
連詞發(fā)音
so bad as /səʊbædəz/
seems so /siːmsəʊ/
without it /wɪðˈaʊðəm/
輕讀重讀
重讀：nothing/bad/forlorn
弱讀：as/with

詞匯講解
1.not so ... as ... phrase.
釋義：formal used in comparisons to say that something or someone has less of a particular quality than another person or thing 不像...一樣
例句：The bed was not so comfortable as his own.
這個(gè)床沒有他自己的睡著舒服。
2.forlorn adj.孤立無助的; 凄涼的
近義詞 lonesome
釋義：seeming lonely and unhappy
例句：Ana sat with a bowed head and spoke in a forlorn voice.
安娜低頭坐著，用一種凄涼的聲音說話。

活學(xué)活用
not so ... as ... phrase.不像...一樣
英文：It is not so expensive as you might expect.
中文：那不像你料想的那么昂貴。
語法講解
so...as...引起比較狀語從句，肯定句用as...as...,否定句用not...as(so)...as...
在此句中，one是代詞而非數(shù)詞，等于someone.

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