1. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so 和"too ready (apt) + to do"結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意義,在"too ready(apt) +to do"結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義。
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
2. "no more …than…"句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
3. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"結構,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有進可換用but rather,可譯為:"與其說是……毋須說是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可譯為"甚至……還沒有"。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
4. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"結構,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有高級比較的意思,"Nothing I"可換用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可譯為"沒有……比……更為","像……再沒有了","……"等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
5. "cannot…too…"結構,"cannot…too…"意為"It is impossible to overdo…"或者,即"無論怎樣……也不算過分"。"not"可換用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可換用"enough","sufficient"等。
You cannot be too careful.
6. "否定+but "結構,在否定詞后面的"but",具有"which not","who not","that not",等等否定意義,構成前后的雙重否定??勺g成"沒有……不是"或"……都……"等。
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.