9. "as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。; c0 | R3 g n* ~
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.1 a! f0 y M! n! [# a
5 W6 z9 i: R, ]2 @& n 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。5 Y9 U% `- u" T, {7 S, Q
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.
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. A) j" [$ W8 e. A 11."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)! C& E! m# R9 x; ]" _& u
I will make a scientist of my son.% d! ]5 E7 ]1 V4 A% J$ }
* n. B7 P" l% f2 a' \ 12. oo…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式
6 ]# k& \ e( f) @% D She is too angry to speak.1 C* M" {. J* N& I, p& j1 {6 o: q
/ @* ~ e2 D+ d 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5 B0 g C* F3 z7 }) B5 U: T2 _
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。
% L0 M! y& e5 R You know but too yell to hold your tongue.5 _1 o% q% b/ V4 w, N
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14. "no more …than…"句型
* v& a. d+ F) E. q A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
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% @" d u5 C' s* ^ P 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"。
) L; {9 @1 K0 r5 S The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it .% T. f& D% n( o* N7 `* c+ p- t3 Y
* U9 E3 n1 O$ i4 M& C 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。9 |/ o. g ~" e# I
Nothing is more precious than time. |