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1. 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.2.many as wellas和might as well as manyas wellas可译为与其，不如，更好，以这样做为宜，如同，也可以等等。might as wellas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.3. sothat, suchthat是一个普通的句型，但在同一个句子里有两处使用它却比较少见。The truth is, that in one point of view, this matter of national literature has come to such a pass with us, that in some sense we must turn bullies, else the day is lost, or superiority so far beyond us, that we can hardly say it will ever be ours.4. by doing结构。这个结构的意思是通过(做)，但翻译实践中不能拘泥于这种释义，不少情况下需要灵活变通。5. something(much)of和nothing(little)ofsomething of相当于to some extent，表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中，则为anything of，可译为有点，略微等。译为毫无，全无.much of译为大有，not much of可译为算不上，称不上，little of可译为几乎无.something like译为有点像，略似。They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.6. 同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物，of以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语，以修饰of后面的那个名词。如her old sharper of a father，可译为：她那骗子般的父亲.Those pigs of girls eat so much.7. asascan(may)beIt is as plain as plain can be.8. It is in(with)as in(with)It is in life as in a journey.9. when引导状语从句有时并不好译，不能一看到when从句就考虑译为当的时候，它还有许多种译法。Anything is better than not to write clearly. There is nothing to be said against lucidity, and against simplicity only the possibility of dryness. This is a risk that is well worth taking when you reflect how much better it is to be bold than to wear a curly wig.10. notbecause，有时可否定前面，有时可否定because本身，往往出现歧义。应根据上下文面判定。In 1600 the earth was not the center of the universe because the majority then supposed it was; nor, because she had more readers, was Ella wheeler Wilcox a better poet than Father Hopkins.11.to makeof的译法(使成为，把当作)I will make a scientist of my son.12. oo+不定式，not(never)too+不定式，toonot+不定式She is too angry to speak.13. 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，allbut等字后+tooto，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.14. no more than句型A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.15. not so muchas和not so much as 结构，not so muchas=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.16. Nothing is morethan和Nothing is so as结构，Nothing is morethan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.17. cannottoo结构,cannottoo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。You cannot be too careful.18. 否定+but 结构，在否定词后面的but，具有which not，who not，that not，等等否定意义，构成前后的双重否定。可译成没有不是或都等。Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.19. 否定+until (till)结构，在否定词no，not，never，little，few，seldom等的后边所接用的 until/ till，多数情况下译为直到才，要才，把否定译为肯定。Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.20. not sobut和not such a but结构，这两个结构和否定+but的结构差不多，不同之点是这两个结构中的but是含有thatnot意味的连续词，表示程度。可译为还没有到不能做的程度，并不是不，无论怎样也不是不能等。He is not so sick but he can come to school.21. 疑问词+shouldbut结构，这个结构表示过去的意外的事，意为nonebut，可译为除了还有谁会，岂料，想不到竟是等。Who should write it but himself?22. who knows but (that)和who could shouldbut结构，这个结构是反问形式，一般意译为多半，亦未可知等等，有时也可直译。Who knows but (that) he may go?23. 祈使句+and和祈使句+or结构，祈使句+and表示Ifyou，祈使名+or表示ifnot，you.
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