1. It作先行主语和先行宾语的一些句型
5 l5 U6 q/ y S: e She had said what it was necessary to say.
$ ]6 ^) \. h9 o 2. 强调句型
! R! ~! t2 I" {* [6 |/ J It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.
! ?5 c1 `6 [5 k" s8 Q/ W' u 3. "All+抽象名词"或"抽象名词+itself"(very+形容词) , C/ R' J9 T! N+ h5 M2 D+ a0 k6 P
He was all gentleness to her.
, Y0 b! H( p' m! Z C# T7 ^9 v 4. 利用词汇重复表示强调 6 D0 h6 I# i- I: K& v7 t
A crime is a crime a crime.
/ G' M( H5 R4 v& s2 I# W 5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of""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。"
& @/ z: U+ P2 G2 v$ k8 z% W They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar. & p2 @4 [2 O) I8 V# M! V& l3 O- B' @& \
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"。 $ a/ ~) `, @5 m( b1 E$ n8 }2 q
Those pigs of girls eat so much. 1 o i# x! a' L! q
7. as…as…can(may)be
s% J9 P& D5 w) |% E& C! O It is as plain as plain can be. # } v3 n: a, [3 Y* c
8. "It is in(with)…as in(with)"
% x# s' @; }" `% u& o. s" \ It is in life as in a journey. |