表面否定实际上肯定之句型汇总
一、…hardly…when/before…
… scarcely … when… 一…就…
… no sooner … than …
1、 He had hardly arrived when/before she started complaining.
==Hardly had he arrived when/before she started complaining. 他刚一到达，她就开始抱怨
2、 He had scarcely gone out when it began to rain.
==Scarcely had he gone out when it began to rain. 他刚一出去，天就开始下雨。
3、 The sun had no sooner started to shine than it was clouded over again.
==No sooner had the sun started to shine than it was clouded over again. 太阳刚露脸，
又马上乌云密布了。
二、…not … until… 直到…才…
1、I didn’t reach the station until after the train had left. 我直到火车离开才到达火车站。
2、But as a matter of fact, I did not begin work until he had gone.事实上我直到他离开，我才开始工作。
三、…nothing but /except… 除了，只不过。
1、 Don’t have him for a friend, he ‘s nothing but /except a criminal.
不要把他当作朋友，他只不过是个犯人。
2、 Entering the room, we saw nothing but / except a desk there.
一走进房间却只看到一张桌子。
注： anything but 表面肯定，却表达否定意义“根本不是，一点也不”。
如：He is anything but a criminal. 他决不会是一个罪犯。
四、 …can’t help doing … 忍不住，情不自禁。
1、 When I read the novel, I couldn’t help thinking of my mother.
漏洞英文读小说时止不住想起了我的母亲。
陪伴英语
2、 Hearing the news, he couldn’t help crying.
听到这个消息他忍不住哭了起来。
五、ups是什么… can not thank … enough 怎么感谢也不过分。
…can’t …too (enough) 怎么…也不过分。
1、You can not be too/over careful. 你简直太细心了。gestetner
2、I can not recommend the book too strongly. 我不得不郑重其事地推荐这本书。
3、This can’t be overemphasized too strongly. 这个再怎么强调也不过分。
4、I cannot thank you enough. 我太感谢你了。
六、… can not do … without … 不能没有
1、The director cannot do without a cretary. 董事长不能没有秘书/必须要有秘书。
2、寒暄People can’t do without food. 人不能没有食物/必须要有食物。
3、No one can do without money. 没有人能没钱而行得通/任何人要有钱才能办事。
4、It’s something I can’t do without. 这是我不能没有的东西/是我必须有的东西。
七、在以下句子中，经常用来表达肯定意义。
1、 在一些含有NO,NOT的句子及比较级句中。
A) He is no fool. (he is intelligent) 他很聪明（=他可不傻）
注：He is not a fool.(否定句) 他不是傻子。
B) no/not more than 后接数字时，表达的是肯定的意义
There are no more than (=only) five people in the room. 房间里只有五个人。
There are not more than (at most)five people in the room. 房间里最多五个人。
C) no more than 后接比较对象时，表达的是肯定的意义。
He is no taller than she. 他和她一样矮。
（=He is as short as she）
She is no more beautiful than her elder sister. 她和她姐姐一样丑。
(=She is as ugly as her elder sister.)
D) 但not more than 后接比较对象时，表达的是否定的意义。
He is not taller than she. 他不比她高。
(=He is less tall than she. = He is not as tall as she. = She is taller than he .)
She is not more beautiful than her elder sister. 她没有她姐姐漂亮。
(=She is less beautiful than her elder sister.=She is not as beautiful as he elder sister.）
make it to the end
(=Her elder sister is more beautiful than she.)
E) 有时否定词+比较级 或者 否定词+最高级 后来日文版相当于一个最高级。
We can’t agree more. (than this.) 我们非常同意。
You can’t find a more difficult problem than this one. 这是我们所知道的一道最难的题目。
(= This problem is the most difficult one as far as I know.)
(=No problem is as difficult as this one as far as I know.)这是否定+平行级表达最高级
Nobody in our class is taller than he . (=Nobody in our class is as tall as he)
(=There is nobody taller than he .)他是我们班上最高的。
I have never read a more interesting lesson (than this one.)这是我读过的最有趣的一篇课文。
注：
从以上的例句可以看到：否定词+比较级相当于一个最高级。但也相当于否定词+平行级。
上南中学
2、 巴比纳在以not / no/ no one/ nobody……but作为关系代词的定语从句中。（意为“没有…不…”）
There was no one but had tears in his eyes. 人人眼里都含着泪水。（没有人眼里没有泪水。）
There is not one of us but wishes to help you.大家都希望帮助你。（没有人不希望帮助你。）
There is no one but knows that. 人人都知道了。（没有人不知道。）
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There are very few but admire his talent. 大家都钦佩他的才能。（没有人不钦佩他的才能。）
3、 在not 跟 a few ,a little 结合的形容词，副词词组中。
Not a few of them have been elected to leading posts at various levels.许多人都被选到了（这个公司）各级岗位中。
Not a few renders wrote letters of commendation to the magazines.许多人都写了推荐信给杂志社。
After a long distance he was not a little tired, he wanted to walk further.
长途跋涉后他一点都不累还想继续走。
He was not a little taller than his elder brother. 他比他哥哥高很多。
注：有些表面肯定却表达否定意义。如 only a few =few, only a little =little.
