38. "may as well not…as"结构,此结构可译为"与其……不如不……"。
- z: O2 U" o* p8 L7 N/ q One may as well not know a thing at all as know it but imperfectly.' A5 _3 C( K' N i
39. "have only to …do"结构,此结构表示"只须(消)……就能……"的意思。$ _7 }5 z7 E7 h( A0 C* M4 `
We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to see the significance of it.
" U5 {+ B/ E: Z" n; [6 H" k 40. "not (no) …unless…"句型
o+ q( p" g$ R; \+ N7 w No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.* L" T a2 O5 e G* \. @& A5 n
41. "better…than…"句型
# A% M/ W" n, I Better my life should be ended by their hate, than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love.- x* y" ~3 j5 Y @
42. "as it were"是一个非常常用的插入语,意思是"好象","可以说"等。9 S% G2 @& Z+ O9 Y
Apiece of iron near a magnet, though apparently separate from it , feels, as it were, the threads of this attachment. |