1. It作先行主語(yǔ)和先行賓語(yǔ)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(wèn)句或條件從句中,則為"anything of",可譯為"有點(diǎn)","略微等。""譯為毫無(wú)","全無(wú)"。"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(wú)"。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(gè)名詞都指同一個(gè)人或物,"of"以及它前面的名詞構(gòu)一個(gè)形容詞短語(yǔ),以修飾"of"后面的那個(gè)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.