1. It作先行主语和先行宾语的一些句型
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: D) \3 p5 N2 J+ H! N5 f It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.
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3. "All+抽象名词"或"抽象名词+itself"(very+形容词) Y7 E c: m" g
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4. 利用词汇重复表示强调0 K9 Q J, X) v. Y3 [5 q1 \
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A crime is a crime a crime.
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5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of"
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"something of"相当于"to some extent",表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中,则为"anything of",可译为"有点","略微等。""译为毫无","全无"。"much of"译为"大有","not much of"可译为"算不上","称不上","little of"可译为"几乎无"。something like译为"有点像,略似。"5 j4 i0 M/ @6 @. z. b1 ]9 c& B. \
T7 Q2 g( m% ^* W4 ?9 ]- [* d- s They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.
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" Q- }2 x! i& P8 [ S 6. 同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物,"of"以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语,以修饰"of"后面的那个名词。如"her old sharper of a father",可译为:"她那骗子般的父亲"。# o% s& g6 c: w. k# l5 }
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Those pigs of girls eat so much. |