1. "as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。 ! n& X7 X8 i( p: T- C
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
, B* V9 n- p* V" m3 d 2."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可译为"与其……,不如……,更好","以这样做……为宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可译为"犹如……","可与……一样荒唐","与其那样不如这样的好"等等。
& A" w' j/ G9 I One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly. : ^' }9 G0 Q" k# j
3."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)
- P- x, B/ p4 c7 n I will make a scientist of my son.
5 v7 Z. T/ F1 G; A7 r 4. oo…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式 ! e* a( z) L5 m+ Y U5 F6 V1 Y2 _" F
She is too angry to speak.
* s3 @7 \$ p' R 5. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意义,在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。
0 K' E% Q7 D6 @4 E* { You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
. k" b5 d" N$ K 6. "no more …than…"句型
" a2 E1 }( I+ P/ ~: y# l7 Y A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man. # `; S5 f; z0 `% W
7. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"结构,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有进可换用but rather,可译为:"与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至……还没有"。 $ T) C/ O0 e) [0 J5 p) r9 d0 M
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it . & |+ I0 l9 h2 I) ?" F9 e6 b
8. "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。 * P$ s, b% p" |) o; w6 y& T" N
Nothing is more precious than time. |