四、“too...to...”结构中,表示否定意思,但在“only too...to...”结构中,only too = very,表示肯定意思。如 , v( c+ c( ?" T. E8 ?9 E
The patient is too weak to walk.
4 R4 z7 p' A; h" S 那个病人太虚弱了,走不动。
$ x. X- C! s( z6 j We are only too willing to do it for you. 中华考试网(www.Examw。com)
+ v! k4 R, w9 t7 Y k$ p, a, M 我们非常愿意为你做那事。 0 `* k' D l8 t$ G4 s4 t6 h: m
I am only too delighted to accept your king invitation. 6 k! K! b8 y- e0 v1 J" j# A4 `# E
我非常高兴地接受你的邀请。
; h+ ^" f2 _5 O8 j 五、在“one of + 复数名词 + 定语从句”的结构中,定语从句一般被看作修饰复数名词,谓语要用复数形式。但在“the only one of + 复数名词 + 定语从句”的结构中,定语从句却被看作修饰“the only one”,谓语动词要用单数形式。如 0 P5 d+ t( U6 S' T$ B
This is one of the best novels that have been published in the past two years.
: P8 k) i: U( U9 `6 ] L( N7 ^ 这是近两年出版的最好的小说之一。
! ~) `+ t x! M3 a0 H; ` He was the only one of the boys who was given a prize. 3 y# ?: D+ M/ x
他是这些孩子中唯一受到奖励的。
' S6 F7 K" I0 v! d- ?4 t4 e5 q) a+ P She is the only one of the girls who has been to the US.
2 b/ M3 k& e6 B( N0 @& o 她是那些女孩中唯一去过美国的。 , a, w2 A4 |% a) T3 ~/ X
六、If only 为虚拟语气的一种,表示愿望或一个未实现的条件,多用于感叹句,其主句常常省略。如
/ Q; e) ^' H! e" j1 V' c If only she would marry me! 外语学习网9 F& [+ v7 R! a. p$ i
她要是能和我结婚该多好!
0 h5 w9 |( U; R3 u. R9 i5 ] If only he had known about it! - k9 F( y) z/ \! [- ?
他那时要是知道这件事该多好! " ~4 @+ z3 |+ Z q* J z2 E
If only you could have been here earlier that day! 8 J) d/ ?9 X" E8 E0 V3 {
要是你那天再早点到这就好了。 # k& d* L7 ]8 S0 w* _
If only there were forty-eighty hours in a day. + Y7 ]7 D1 b5 H& V0 D' |: v3 ]7 ~$ E
要是一天有48个小时就好了。 |