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(jìn)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(jí)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?zèng)]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 not","that not",等等否定意義,構(gòu)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(gòu),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(gòu),這兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)和"否定+but"的結(jié)構(gòu)差不多,不同之點(diǎn)是這兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)中的"but"是含有"that…not"意味的連續(xù)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.
21. "疑問詞+should…but"結(jié)構(gòu),這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)表示過去的意外的事,意為"none…but",可譯為"除了……還有誰會(huì)……","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(gòu),這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)是反問形式,一般意譯為"多半","亦未可知"等等,有時(shí)也可直譯。
Who knows but (that) he may go?
23. "祈使句+and"和"祈使句+or"結(jié)構(gòu),"祈使句+and"表示"If…you…","祈使名+or"表示"if…not…,you。
24. "名詞+and"結(jié)構(gòu),在這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)中,名詞等于狀語從句,或表示條件,或表示時(shí)間。
A word, and he would lose his temper.
25. "as…,so…"結(jié)構(gòu),這里的"so"的意思是"in the same way"(也是如此)。此結(jié)構(gòu)表明兩個(gè)概念在程度上和關(guān)系上相似。
As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.
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