17. "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 You cannot be too careful.
' g6 i5 K) l+ p& T1 X 18. "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( Z* ^1 p" q% k& b. R
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.# s& O# G. y+ |0 m& i
19. "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。
7 [; e: W6 `8 R4 m Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried./ R* X9 C5 C8 h2 C: C& n
20. "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。- b, E& ]" d' C5 x
He is not so sick but he can come to school.4 B+ B! ~( u, T. O- v
21. "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。
8 j# h A5 q4 X' H+ F Who should write it but himself?. ]6 m0 B& D2 h
22. "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。# e5 U9 Z) H, Q" S# K- S; V
Who knows but (that) he may go?. a# Y' K6 M" o0 M+ W
23. "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。
) `: @; t( I( ~8 d# C5 s Add love to a house and you have a home. Aad righteousness to a city and you have a community. Aad truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school.
' V8 a4 w$ N$ s' v 24. "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。 |