1. "as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。 ' _) k6 T8 R- `/ K4 ~: t( u
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
5 w! E o5 @, n c5 K2 | 2."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可译为"与其……,不如……,更好","以这样做……为宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可译为"犹如……","可与……一样荒唐","与其那样不如这样的好"等等。
+ q9 n* _' Z9 q) F' H One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly. 5 s# w& [2 g) a1 B
3."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)
" x- ?3 Q z- g* i9 O; t- O I will make a scientist of my son.
$ l; N. ?+ @4 b. X3 Y0 u. o 4. oo…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式 ; Y# |" v9 B, k4 d
She is too angry to speak. - f8 y+ L% ?: h5 K
5. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意义,在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。 9 s) [% E+ }5 f5 o: v p4 N* B
You know but too yell to hold your tongue. $ G. |, u) _$ C# m1 E0 W ]& I
6. "no more …than…"句型
7 O7 v& s6 N) a$ H- J A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
6 E1 [+ ]! s! e" R 7. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"结构,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有进可换用but rather,可译为:"与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至……还没有"。 0 `7 p7 l( J8 y' p% i
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it . 1 ?% q7 q# g3 P U2 z; L2 \/ Q
8. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"结构,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高级比较的意思,"Nothing I"可换用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可译为"没有……比……更为","像……再没有了","最……"等。
8 ` A) ^! @. p* O+ ^: _ Nothing is more precious than time. |