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 9 z+ Q0 ?* V3 J
The patient is too weak to walk.
+ Q5 |( e. S( Z/ r 那个病人太虚弱了,走不动。
1 j+ `' v/ B" W }5 j( H0 | We are only too willing to do it for you. 中华考试网(www.Examw。com)( }4 E3 h! Y, e) A
我们非常愿意为你做那事。 H3 q" f, v7 u8 ]/ X6 g# y
I am only too delighted to accept your king invitation. . A, O; X( C) y1 P* T1 z: ?
我非常高兴地接受你的邀请。 . t0 ^ z' Z8 r. 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
# \/ J% f$ W/ ?" N$ j This is one of the best novels that have been published in the past two years.
, j# \3 G; M7 _( }2 Q( y/ k' k 这是近两年出版的最好的小说之一。 ! T! n' L/ N; ]: j, ~" Q
He was the only one of the boys who was given a prize. 4 u# V- A; A& y$ \2 T8 B
他是这些孩子中唯一受到奖励的。
( C* r# q8 [2 z, }) S' ~ She is the only one of the girls who has been to the US. + O( P. c z0 o4 F
她是那些女孩中唯一去过美国的。 ( Q+ g1 M1 F+ Q/ e6 H, ~
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 + G6 x* C5 g: R7 V% Y( Q. H2 X
If only she would marry me! 外语学习网% d0 E" o6 b. a9 N2 u
她要是能和我结婚该多好! + u/ r5 Y5 r y) t, a* \9 ^
If only he had known about it!
p1 U( u/ {. a5 O( R1 p 他那时要是知道这件事该多好! 5 j- S, K: ]( v2 a5 ?+ Y5 I+ Y) X
If only you could have been here earlier that day! $ N: d8 W" J9 @- ?0 N
要是你那天再早点到这就好了。
- S, O: i. u' S3 }0 _/ Q2 ] If only there were forty-eighty hours in a day. ( J8 K, j& x1 q% a5 K, V. W! |
要是一天有48个小时就好了。 |