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。
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2 J: n. p' E6 v/ ^; P5 ]; FNothing is more precious than time. 3 [. ?2 ? l' _$ s; c" A
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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。 5 }" e: k$ l8 {8 ^! M7 i
. Y3 S' A3 [+ ~3 n. A5 { qYou cannot be too careful.
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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。 # \7 }' K6 w9 Z
" o ~) T V; W/ p0 f5 G5 o* rNothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
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8 D) _; Z$ U3 [" m# q) x19. "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。
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% Q8 }3 ?/ e) v3 P( H2 INobody knows what he can do till he has tried.
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$ B0 p9 ^+ p% s' I4 O, e20. "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。
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He is not so sick but he can come to school. |