2011下半年攻克商务英语阅读需掌握的句子02

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as good as…"相等于，就像，几乎如;实际上，其实，实在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
"may as well…as"和"might as well…as"　"may 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。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.
2 z# L- ^2 q, Y$ G$ M"to make…of"的译法(使……成为……，把……当作)
I will make a scientist of my son.
too…+不定式"，not(never)too…+不定式"，"too…not+不定式
' X/ t; e0 s# f: U6 w. M9 QShe is too angry to speak.
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。
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
  s+ ]: T. l' x' k"no more…than…"句型
. h8 b" C% r" j; i& k( ZA home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
! J2 x  r9 ]6 l" e" ]7 ~' M"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"。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it　.
"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。
Nothing is more precious than time.