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1. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so 和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中,不定式也没有否认意义,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失踪去了否认意义,在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中,不定式也没有否认意义。6MR365考试网
You know but too yell to hold your tongue。
2. "no more …than…"句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man。
3. "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"。6MR365考试网
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it。
4. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"结构,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有第一流斗劲的意思,"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。
5. "cannot…too…"结构,"cannot…too…"意为"It is impossible to overdo…"或者,即"无论若何……也不算过度"。"not"可换用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可换用"enough","sufficient"等。
You cannot be too careful。6MR365考试网
6. "否认+but "结构,在否认词后面的"but",具有"which not","who not","that not",等等否认意义,组成前后的双重否认。可译成"没有……不是"或"……都……"等。
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse。