1. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of" "something of"相當于"to some extent",表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中,則為"anything of ",可譯為"有點","略微等。""譯為毫無","全無"。"much of"譯為"大有","not much of"可譯為"算不上","稱不上","little of"可譯為"幾乎無"。something like譯為"有點像,略似。"
Her devil of father blamed her so much. 她那魔鬼般的父親狠狠地責罵她。
3."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可譯為"與其……,不如……,更好","以這樣做……為宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可譯為"猶如……","可與……一樣荒唐","與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.了解一事,與其一知半解,倒不如完全不知。
4. “too…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式
5. 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.你不說話,沒人把你當啞巴!
6. "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"。
7. "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 I"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。
8. "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