"cannot…too…"结构,"cannot…too…"意为"It is impossible to overdo…"或者,即"无论怎样……也不算过分"。"not"可换用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可换用"enough","sufficient"等
3 K; B% l1 S9 i2 o2 W- c4 _2 r& iYou cannot be too careful.7 f+ P6 q7 c+ H# s7 s' s
"否定+but "结构,在否定词后面的"but",具有"which not","who not","that not",等等否定意义,构成前后的双重否定。可译成"没有……不是"或"……都……"等8 G+ c1 G+ i7 _! n
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
\9 x1 r( \; X: `* o0 E+ t0 ` q"否定+until (till)"结构,在否定词"no","not","never","little","few","seldom"等的后边所接用的"until/till",多数情况下译为"直到……才……","要……才……",把否定译为肯定。
, e/ M, e! F; j% S& LNobody knows what he can do till he has tried.
8 B b% r Q; P: Q9 s: J6 t' V"not so…but"和"not such a …but"结构,这两个结构和"否定+but"的结构差不多,不同之点是这两个结 构中的"but"是含有"that…not"意味的连续词,表示程度。可译为"还没有到不能做……的程度","并不是……不……","无论怎样……也不是 不能……"等。
~% Z* Z% G/ p! y: e; uHe is not so sick but he can come to school.
' ?: o9 K1 ^ j"疑问词+should…but "结构,这个结构表示过去的意外的事,意为"none…but",可译为"除了……还有谁会……","岂料","想不到……竟是……"等。
1 e2 q$ z& z' W, D2 H8 A. ~Who should write it but himself?
5 K' t/ g) c3 Y! i a/ S"who knows but (that)…"和"who could should…but"结构,这个结构是反问形式,一般意译为"多半","亦未可知"等等,有时也可直译。; }# Y1 T6 `+ S k$ l
Who knows but (that) he may go?) ~) S, a/ J9 [/ H# C5 t
"祈使句+and"和"祈使句+or"结构,"祈使句+and"表示"If…you…","祈使名+or"表示"if…not…,you。
/ e# u2 o/ ^5 x( s) KAdd love to a house and you have a home. Add righteousness to a city and you have a community. Add truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school.
8 f1 E0 q+ d: j) H2 V3 N"名词+and"结构,在这个结构中,名词等于状语从句,或表示条件,或表示时间。 |