12. too…+不定式",not(never)too…+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(jié)構(gòu)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(jié)構(gòu)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(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(wú)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(wú)論怎樣……也不是不能……"等。
He is not so sick but he can come to school.