9. "as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。 X2 b! h2 v P. s4 Q; ^
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
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- d5 i" P0 u" i, q/ ? 10."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。
+ L* j5 ] |' \* r$ c One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.
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* e- s. [* {) T$ W 11."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)
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12. oo…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式
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13. 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7 @" F: u: v9 A' o) q, m, B
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。6 T$ r! o4 \1 ^; _, l# l
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
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14. "no more …than…"句型; D4 x4 p% t% J4 ]
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.! C% M6 @2 d5 L+ o; N( v$ e" j2 \8 G
3 K1 F" q% q7 R7 O$ J$ H" N) } 15. "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"。: R0 {8 W8 A1 q# q [
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it .
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16. "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。+ j. j4 s7 p1 E8 U: Y( s* J
Nothing is more precious than time. |