as good as…"相等于，就像，几乎如;实际上，其实，实在。

The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.

"may as well…as"和"might as well…as"　"may as well…as"可译为"与其……，不如……，更好"，"以这样做……为宜"，"如同……，也可以……"等等。"might as well…as"表示不可能的事，可译为"犹如……"，"可与……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.

"to make…of"的译法(使……成为……，把……当作)

I will make a scientist of my son.

too… 不定式"，not(never)too… 不定式"，"too…not 不定式

She is too angry to speak.

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.

"no more…than…"句型

A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

"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　.

"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 I"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.