1. It作先行主语和先行宾语的一些句型
She had said what it was necessary to say.
2.强调句型
It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.
3. "All+抽象名词"或"抽象名词+itlf"(very+形容词)
He was all gentleness to her.
4.利用词汇重复表示强调
A crime is a crime a crime.
5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of"nbsp;" somethingnbsp; of"相当于"tonbsp; somenbsp; extent",表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中,则为"anythingnbsp; ofnbsp;",可译为"有点","略微等。""译为毫无","全无"。"muchnbsp; of"译为"大有","notnbsp; muchnbsp; of"可译为"算不上","称不上","littlenbsp; of"可译为"几乎无"。somethingnbsp;like译为"有点像,略似。" They say that he had no university education, but he ems to be something of a scholar.
6.同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物,"of"以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语,以修饰"of"后面的那个名词。如
"hernbsp;oldnbsp;sharpernbsp;ofnbsp;anbsp;father",可译为:"她那骗子般的父亲"。
Tho pigs of girls eat so much.
7.as…as…can(may)be
It is as plain as plain can be.
8. "Itnbsp;isnbsp;in(with)hellip;asnbsp;in(with)"
It is in life as in a journey.
9. "asnbsp;goodnbsp;ashellip;"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。The merchant as good as promid the orphan boy, that he would adopt him. 10."manynbsp;asnbsp;wellhellip;as"和
"mightnbsp;asnbsp;wellnbsp;hellip;as"nbsp;"manynbsp;asnbsp;wellhellip;as"可译为"与其hellip;hellip;,不如hellip;hellip;,更好","以这样做hellip;hellip;为宜","如同hellip;hellip;,也可以hellip;hellip;"等等。
"mightnbsp;asnbsp;wellnbsp;hellip;as"表示不可能的事,可译为"犹如
hellip;hellip;","可与hellip;hellip;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. 11."tonbsp;makehellip;of"的译法(使hellip;hellip;成为hellip;hellip;,把
hellip;hellip;当作)
I will make a scientist of my son.
12.oo…+不定式",not(never)toohellip;+不定式","toohellip;not+不定式She is too angry to speak.
13. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和
"toonbsp;readynbsp;(apt)nbsp;+nbsp;tonbsp;do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"toohellip;to,"不定式都失去了否定意义,在"toonbsp;ready(apt)nbsp;+tonbsp;do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
14. "nonbsp;morenbsp;hellip;thanhellip;"句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man. 15. "notnbsp;sonbsp;muchhellip;as"和
"notnbsp;sonbsp;muchnbsp;asnbsp;hellip;"结构,
"notnbsp;sonbsp;muchhellip;as"="notnbsp;sonbsp;muchnbsp;asnbsp;hellip;",其中as有进可换用butnbsp;rather,可译为:"与其说是hellip;hellip;毋须说是hellip;hellip;"。而"notnbsp;sonbsp;muchnbsp;as"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至hellip;hellip;还没有"。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it . 16. "Nothingnbsp;isnbsp;morehellip;than"和
"Nothingnbsp;isnbsp;sonbsp;hellip;as"结构,
"Nothingnbsp;isnbsp;morehellip;than"和
"Nothingnbsp;isnbsp;sonbsp;hellip;as"都具有最高级比较的意思,"Nothingnbsp;I"可换用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可译为"没有hellip;hellip;比hellip;hellip;更为","像hellip;hellip;再没有了","最hellip;hellip;"等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
17. "cannothellip;toohellip;"结构,"cannothellip;toohellip;"意为
"Itnbsp;isnbsp;impossiblenbsp;tonbsp;overdohellip;"或者,即"无论怎样hellip;hellip;也不算过分"。"not"可换用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可换用"enough","sufficient"等
You cannot be too careful.
18. "否定+butnbsp;"结构,在否定词后面的"but",具有"whichnbsp;not","whonbsp;not","thatnbsp;not",等等否定意义,构成前后的双重否定。可译成"没有hellip;hellip;不是"或"hellip;hellip;都hellip;hellip;"等
Nothing is so bad but it might have been wor.
19. "否定+untilnbsp;(till)"结构,在否定词"no","not","never","little","few","ldom"等的后边所接用的"until/till",多数情况下译为"直到hellip;hellip;才hellip;hellip;","要hellip;hellip;才hellip;hellip;",把否定译为肯定。
Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.
20. "notnbsp;sohellip;but"和"notnbsp;suchnbsp;anbsp;hellip;but"结构,这两个结构和"否定+but"的
结构差不多,不同之点是这两个结构中的"but"是含有"thathellip;not"意味的连续词,表示程度。可译为"还没有hellip;hellip;到不能做hellip;hellip;的程度","并不是hellip;hellip;不hellip;hellip;","无论怎样hellip;hellip;也不是不能hellip;hellip;"等。
He is not so sick but he can come to school.
21. "疑问词+shouldhellip;butnbsp;"结构,这个结构表示过去的意外的事,意为"nonehellip;but",可译为"除了hellip;hellip;还有谁会hellip;hellip;","岂料","想不到hellip;hellip;竟是hellip;hellip;"等。
Who should write it but himlf?
22. "whonbsp;knowsnbsp;butnbsp;(that)hellip;"和
"whonbsp;couldnbsp;shouldhellip;but"结构,这个结构是反问形式,一般意译为"多半","亦未可知"等等,有时也可直译。
Who knows but (that) he may go?
23. "祈使句+and"和"祈使句+or"结构,"祈使句+and"表示"Ifhellip;youhellip;","祈使名+or"表示"ifhellip;nothellip;,you。
Add love to a hou and you have a home. Aad righteousness to a city and yo u have a community. Aad truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school. 24. "名词+and"结构,在这个结构中,名词等于状语从句,或表示条件,或表示时间。
A word, and he would lo his temper.
25. "ashellip;,sohellip;"结构,这里的"so"的意思是
"innbsp;thenbsp;samenbsp;way"(也是如此)。此结构表明两个概念在程度上和关系上相似。
As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.
26. "ifnbsp;any"结构,"ifnbsp;any"和"ifnbsp;ever",意思是"果真有
hellip;hellip;","即使有hellip;hellip;",表示加强语气。与此类似的还有:"ifnbsp;anything"(如有不同的话,如果稍有区别),"ifnbsp;anbsp;day"
(=atnbsp;least,至少)。
There is little, if any, hope.
27. "benbsp;itnbsp;ever(never)so"和"letnbsp;itnbsp;benbsp;ever(never)so"结构,这里,"benbsp;it"中的"be"是古英语假设语气的遗留形式,现代英语则使用"letnbsp;itnbsp;be"。"evernbsp;so"和"nevernbsp;so"都表示同一意思,都表示"very"。
Be it ever so humble (let it be ever so humble), home is home. 28. "thenbsp;last+不定式"和"thenbsp;lastnbsp;+定语从词"结构,这种结构中的"last"意思是"thenbsp;leastnbsp;likely",用于否定性推论。可译为"最不大可能的","最不合适的",由原意的"最后一个hellip;hellip;"变成"最不可能hellip;hellip;的一个"。
He is the last man to accept a bride.
29. "sohellip;thathellip;"句型,这个句型的意思是"如此hellip;hellip;,以致于hellip;hellip;",但在翻译成汉语时,许多情况下,并不是一定要译成"如此hellip;hellip;以致于hellip;hellip;",而是变通表达其含义。
He ran so fast that nobody could catch him up.
30. "morenbsp;+nbsp;than+原级形容词(副词)"结构,这是将不同性质加以比较,其中的"more"有"rather"的意思。
It is more than probable that he will fall.
31. "morenbsp;thannbsp;+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。
This more than satisfied me.
32. "goodnbsp;andnbsp;hellip;"的副词用法,译为"非常","很"等。类似还有"nicenbsp;andnbsp;hellip;",nbsp;"finenbsp;andnbsp;hellip;,"nbsp;"lovelynbsp; andnbsp;hellip;",nbsp;"brightnbsp;andnbsp;hellip;",nbsp;"rarenbsp;andnbsp; hellip;",nbsp;"bignbsp;andnbsp;hellip;"等,均表示程度。
The apples are good and ripe.
33. "andnbsp;that"结构,这个"andnbsp;that"应译为"而且hellip;hellip;",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。
Return to your work , and that at once.
34. "atnbsp;oncehellip;and"结构,这个结构译为"既hellip;hellip;又
hellip;hellip;",起相关连接的作用,相当于"bothhellip;andhellip;"。
The novel is at once pleasing and instructive.
35. "innbsp;thathellip;"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"innbsp;thishellip;"。
The budget is unrealistic in that it disregards incread costs. 36. "thenbsp;namenbsp;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:"notwithstandingnbsp;thenbsp;name"。起让步状语的作用。
Some people think of the storage battery as a sort of condenr where electri city is stored.But this is an entirely wrong conception, the name notwithstandi ng.
37. "Everyhellip;not"和"Allhellip;not"结构,"Everyhellip;not"表示"不见得每个hellip;hellip;都是hellip;hellip;";"Allhellip;not"表示"不见得所有hellip;hellip;都是hellip;hellip;"的意思。
Every man is not polite, and all are not born gentlemen. 38. "maynbsp;asnbsp;wellnbsp;nothellip;as"结构,此结构可译为"与其hellip;hellip;不如不hellip;hellip;"。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it but imperfectly. 39. "havenbsp;onlynbsp;tonbsp;hellip;do"结构,此结构表示"只须(消)hellip;hellip;就能hellip;hellip;"的意思。
We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to e t he significance of it.
40. "notnbsp;(no)nbsp;hellip;unlesshellip;"句型
No increa in output can be expected unless a new asmbly line is installed. 41. "betterhellip;thanhellip;"句型
Better my life should be ended by their hate, than that hated life should be pr olonged to live without your love.
42. "asnbsp;itnbsp;were"是一个非常常用的插入语,意思是"好象","可以说"等。
Apiece of iron near a magnet, though apparently parate from it , feels, as it were, the threads of this attachment.
43.复杂结构,在下面例句中,由于anyone的定语从句过长,把谓语must realize 提到定语从句之前。
Though faith and confidence are surely more or lass foreign to my nature, I d o not infrequently find mylf looking to them to be able, diligent, candid, and even honest. Plainly enough, that is too large an order, as anyone must realiz e who reflects upon the manner in which they reach public office. 44. "nothellip;anynbsp;morenbsp;thanhellip;"为:"不能hellip;hellip;,正如不