38. "may as well not…as"结构,此结构可译为"与其……不如不……"。
7 [8 n# g" Q+ Q One may as well not know a thing at all as know it but imperfectly.
; H, r# {, }9 q( d2 q 39. "have only to …do"结构,此结构表示"只须(消)……就能……"的意思。5 k0 V8 u7 W& _5 e7 a, T" {
We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to see the significance of it., C& @9 }. L4 e/ d# M+ e
40. "not (no) …unless…"句型
7 Y1 i" k$ h; q8 }5 p No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.
7 \1 d7 S' Y3 c( }7 w# K9 T 41. "better…than…"句型6 ]; A7 Z& A& U
Better my life should be ended by their hate, than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love.
( k# _+ q8 r* P8 v: O$ P+ V 42. "as it were"是一个非常常用的插入语,意思是"好象","可以说"等。
( j. E( @ l9 f, y) g1 s2 T, u Apiece of iron near a magnet, though apparently separate from it , feels, as it were, the threads of this attachment. |