3、“only(not,all,but,never)too …to do so”和“too ready (apt)+ to do”結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義,凡是“not”,“all”,“but”等字后+“too…to”,不定式都失去了否定意義,在“too ready(apt)+to do”結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義。
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
4、“no more …than…”句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
5、“not so much…as”和“not so much as …”結構。“not so much…as”=“not so much as …”,其中as有進可換用but rather,可譯為:“與其說是……毋須說是……”。而“not so much as”=“without(not)even”,可譯為“甚至……還沒有”。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
6、“Nothing is more…than”和“Nothing is so …as”結構。“Nothing is more…than”和“Nothing is so …as”都具有最高級比較的意思,“Nothing is”可換用“no”,“nobody”,“nowhere”,“little”,“few”,“hardly”,“scarcely”等等,可譯為“沒有……比……更為”,“像……再沒有了”,“最……”等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
7、“cannot…too…”結構。“cannot…too…”意為“It is impossible to overdo…”或者,即“無論怎樣……也不算過分”。“not”可換用“hardly”,“scarcely”等,“too”可換用“enough”,“sufficient”等。