1、It作先行主語和先行賓語的一些句型
She had said what it was necessary to say.
2、強(qiáng)調(diào)句型
It is not who rules us that is important,but how he rules us.
3、“All+抽象名詞”或“抽象名詞+itself”(very+形容詞)
He was all gentleness to her.
4、利用詞匯重復(fù)表示強(qiáng)調(diào)
A crime is a crime a crime.
5、“something(much)of”和“nothing(little)of” “something of”相當(dāng)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(diǎn)”,“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(diǎn)像,略似”。
They say that he had no university education,but he seems to be something of a scholar.
6、同格名詞修飾是指of前后的兩個名詞都指同一個人或物,“of”以及它前面的名詞構(gòu)成一個形容詞短語,以修飾“of”后面的那個名詞。如“her old sharper of a father”,可譯為:“她那騙子般的父親”。
Those pigs of girls eat so much.
7、as…as…can(may)be
It is as plain as plain can be.
8、“It is in(with)…as in(with)”
It is in life as in a journey.
9、“as good as…”相等于,就像,幾乎如;實(shí)際上,其實(shí),實(shí)在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy,that he would adopt him.
10、“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?!癿ight 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.