1. "more than +动词"结构,这种结构表示动词的程度,可译为"异常","岂止","十二分地"等。
9 o" e( r C, j/ x: r This more than satisfied me. 1 K3 l5 `8 i( }7 ]2 E5 S& D: c
2. "good and …"的副词用法,译为"非常","很"等。类似还有"nice and …", "fine and …," "lovely and …", "bright and …", "rare and …", "big and …"等,均表示程度。
* e6 U! V- }: E) t5 v0 f6 _ The apples are good and ripe.
D! m6 ~; j5 u* i7 \# \ 3. "and that"结构,这个"and that"应译为"而且……",表示对它前面陈述部分的语气加强,"that"代表前面的整个陈述部分。 $ `: b6 a9 B# P! Q( T: R
Return to your work , and that at once.
+ ]% O2 f4 O4 K& O8 o/ h/ Z# K 4. "at once…and"结构,这个结构译为"既……又……",起相关连接的作用,相当于"both…and…"。 / E1 z( p+ j# d7 R7 b& h/ m2 h
The novel is at once pleasing and instructive.
* f5 a3 ]" N3 q: D9 c% z 5. "in that…"结构,这个结构的意思是"在那一点上(方面)"可译为"因为"。类似的结构还有"in this…"。 : g) c: x i. k/ C. ]$ u
The budget is unrealistic in that it disregards increased costs. {; v1 R. J2 p. }. s# ]
6. "the name notwithstanding"结构,这个结构中"notwithstanding"是介词,这个介词可以置前,可以置后,比如也可写成:"notwithstanding the name"。起让步状语的作用。 7 G* H) S6 |, }: C( q8 U4 d
Some people think of the storage battery as a sort of condenser where electricity is stored.But this is an entirely wrong conception, the name notwithstanding.
( i) S; `9 J h. ?% O$ I9 ~ 7. "Every…not"和"All…not"结构,"Every…not"表示"不见得每个……都是……";"All…not"表示"不见得所有……都是……"的意思。
# j& f9 q# ?! n6 w0 _( V- C: ` Every man is not polite, and all are not born gentlemen. |