四、“too...to...”结构中,表示否定意思,但在“only too...to...”结构中,only too = very,表示肯定意思。如
7 {# |3 I k& U The patient is too weak to walk. 2 k' t6 T7 P4 A7 M4 O/ N, t
那个病人太虚弱了,走不动。
- Z/ M; p" I3 G) W; }8 @ We are only too willing to do it for you. 中华考试网(www.Examw。com)+ Z. s) ]( \# p, h5 x- c" S
我们非常愿意为你做那事。 g( o1 Q/ n: _$ Y3 ^9 @* }8 o$ ~
I am only too delighted to accept your king invitation.
7 `) ]% F& e4 S$ K 我非常高兴地接受你的邀请。
1 X. V' I# H' G2 p+ o6 V 五、在“one of + 复数名词 + 定语从句”的结构中,定语从句一般被看作修饰复数名词,谓语要用复数形式。但在“the only one of + 复数名词 + 定语从句”的结构中,定语从句却被看作修饰“the only one”,谓语动词要用单数形式。如
: i6 D8 E3 k4 }/ [& @" [ This is one of the best novels that have been published in the past two years.
; L4 o7 g/ @. P) u( I 这是近两年出版的最好的小说之一。 ! x& b) G2 e4 c% K+ H4 D5 }
He was the only one of the boys who was given a prize. * v h! x1 c% t( Z7 C; c) Z2 B+ A
他是这些孩子中唯一受到奖励的。
0 S1 ?+ K1 u7 l1 e+ `, @1 C$ P She is the only one of the girls who has been to the US. % b+ O( c, p2 Q) G* i% ?6 G
她是那些女孩中唯一去过美国的。 3 x& M' u# M, I; S( Y- B
六、If only 为虚拟语气的一种,表示愿望或一个未实现的条件,多用于感叹句,其主句常常省略。如
- P! n: _& ?) {, K1 y5 V If only she would marry me! 外语学习网
# m8 j5 g6 E* o+ I 她要是能和我结婚该多好!
1 J% b, G6 F ~" X: Y8 K2 d2 V8 s+ O If only he had known about it!
/ Z" l+ U; d& J: D1 F 他那时要是知道这件事该多好!
9 E! m& ]' X; C If only you could have been here earlier that day!
) ^; Q$ k" }7 F 要是你那天再早点到这就好了。 ) N6 k. p% ^. r6 v5 G
If only there were forty-eighty hours in a day. ( R9 Y% R) ^' I! }
要是一天有48个小时就好了。 |