3、“only(not,all,but,never)too …to do so”和“too ready (apt)+ to do”结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是“not”,“all”,“but”等字后+“too…to”,不定式都失去了否定意义,在“too ready(apt)+to do”结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。
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 …”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”。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
6、“Nothing is more…than”和“Nothing is so …as”结构。“Nothing is more…than”和“Nothing is so …as”都具有最高级比较的意思,“Nothing is”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.
7、“cannot…too…”结构。“cannot…too…”意为“It is impossible to overdo…”或者,即“无论怎样……也不算过分”。“not”可换用“hardly”,“scarcely”等,“too”可换用“enough”,“sufficient”等。