9.“asgoodas…”相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。
The merchant as good as promised the or phanboy,that he would adopt him.
10.“many as well…as”和“might as well…as”“many 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 itim perfectly.
11.“to make…of”的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)I will make as cientis of my son.
12.oo… 不定式“,not(never)too… 不定式”,“too…not 不定式She is too angry to speak.
13.only(not,all,but,never)too…todoso”和“too ready(apt) todo”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) todo“结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。
You know but too yell toholdy our tongue.
14.”no more…than…“句型A home with out love is no more a home than a body with out as oulis aman.
15.”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”notsomuch as“=”without(not)even,“可译为”甚至……还没有“。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as uniteit.
16.”No thing 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“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。
No thing is more precious than time
