GRE寫作常用表達札記3(7)

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701. the very idea 可表示“憤怒”。例如:
    The very idea of his telling you that story!(他告訴你那樣的假話?。?BR>    very也可表示“甚至于”的意思。例如:
    Mr. Thomson was such a miser that he wouldn't leave a penny to his very wife.
    (湯姆遜先生是如此吝嗇,連自己的老婆都不給留下一個子兒。)
    702. 英語里“as+形容詞原級+名詞+as ever”是形容詞級的變形,即以原級代替級的一種。譯成漢語是“最”,“極”的意思。這種句型等于“the+形容詞級+that+ever”。又例如:
    Newton is as great a scientist as ever lived. (=Newton is the greatest scientist that ever lived.)(牛頓是世界上最偉大的科學家)。
    703. nice(good) and 強調(diào)其后面的形容詞或副詞。例如:
    I didn't like the speech, but at least it was nice and short.
    (我不喜歡這個演講,但至少并不冗長。)
    704. to say the least, not to speak of , not to mention, to say nothing of 加強肯定或否定的語氣。例如:
    在肯定句中:
    X to say nothing of Y,(不必說Y,連X也……)=Not only Y but also X( 不但是Y,而且是X)。換言之,即是“連X也……何況……Y”的意思,這樣把兩方面都肯定了。
    在否定句中:
    not X to say nothing of Y=not X, much less Y(連X也不,更說不到Y了)。這樣在否定句中把兩方都否定了。又例如:
    He has experience, to say nothing of (=as well as) scholarship.
    (他有經(jīng)驗,又有學問〈或:更不必說學問了〉。)
    He has no scholarship, to say nothing of (=much less) experience.
    (他無學問,更說不上經(jīng)驗了。)
    705. if a 說明一個人的年齡,身高等。例如:
    He is six feet high, if he is an inch.(他準有六英尺高。)
    He is seventy, if a day.(他一定七十歲了。)
    The enemy is 2,000 strong, if a man.(敵人無論如何不下兩千人。)
    706. and that 加強其后面的詞或詞組。
    that 是代詞,代替前面整句的意思,and that可譯為“而且”。例如:
    He only speaks English and that not very well.(他只會講英語,而且講得不很好)。
    跟and that 相類似的還有and…at that. 例如:
    It's an idea, and a good one at that.(這倒是個主意,而且是個好主意。)
    707. nothing but(不過,只是),例如:
    Winds are nothing but moving air.(風不過是運動著的空氣罷了)。
    708. anything but(決不是),例如:
    He is anything but a scholar.(他決不是學者。)
    709. no more than (不過,僅僅),例如:
    He is no more than shyster.(他不過是一個訟棍)。
    710. no more other than(不是別人〈或:他物〉而正是……)。例如:
    The new arrival was none more other than the President.
    (剛才到達的就是總統(tǒng)本人)。(強調(diào)總統(tǒng)本人)
    711. none but=only,例如:
    They chose none but the best.(他們只挑的)。
    712. 句中nothing else than=only, entirely. 又例如:
    What he told you was nothing else than nonsense.(他所告訴你的全是胡說八道)。
    713. nothing if not=much, very, extremely“非?!?,“極”。例如:
    He was nothing if not clever.(他非常聰明)。
    714. nothing of not=nothing else but (或:than)=nothing but,故
    He was nothing if not clever.=He was nothing of he was not clever.
    715.(just)as…so…(正如…一樣,…也…)。例如:
    Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature so Marx discovered the law of development of human history.
    (正如達爾文發(fā)現(xiàn)了有機自然發(fā)展的規(guī)律一樣,馬克思也發(fā)現(xiàn)了人類歷史發(fā)展的規(guī)律。)
    716. A is to B what X is to Y(A之于B猶如X之于Y)。例如:
    Leaves are to the plant what lungs are to the anima1.(葉之于植物猶如肺之于動物)。
    1) A is to B what X is to Y2) A is to B as X is to Y
    3) As X is to Y, so is A to B4) What X is to Y, that is A to B
    717. no more(not any more)…than…(不……正如……不……一樣)。例如:
    A student can no more obtain knowledge without studying than a farmer can get harvest
    without ploughing.(學生不學習不能獲得知識,正如農(nóng)民不耕種不能獲得收獲一樣)。
    718. more…than…(與其說是……,不如〈毋寧〉說是……)。例如:
    The so-called division between the pure scientist and the applied scientist is more apparent than real.(純科學家與應用科學家之間的所謂區(qū)別,與其說是真的,毋寧說是表面的)。
    719. not so much…as…(與其說是……,不如〈毋寧〉說是……)。例如:
    The man who does the greatest things does them not so much by fitful efforts, as by steady,
    continued toil.(做偉大事業(yè)的人,做這些事與說是靠一陣子努力,毋寧說是靠堅持不懈的苦干)。
    Not so much A as B = less A than B= not A, but rather B= more B than A
    在not so much…as…句型中,as有時可改用but.
    此句型中的so much 如果和not 分開,和as 連用,意義完全一樣,成為not A so much as B. not so much as … = not even…(連……也不),不能分開寫。
    not much as 有副詞作用,有時not 可用 without代替。
    720. more than 后跟名詞(不只是,非但……尤其是……)。
    more often than not=as often as not“常?!?。
    During foggy weather the trains are late more often than not.(有霧時火車常常誤點。)
    721. more than(more…than…)+含用can的從句,表示“否定”的意思。
    This is more than I can tell.(這是我不能告訴你的。)
    722. Nothing(no)+more(less)+than…表示“級”的意思。例如:
    Nowhere is race prejudice more clearly seen than in South Africa and in the southern states
    of the U.S.A.(種族偏見在南非和美國南部各州表現(xiàn)得最為明顯。)
    723. as…as any表示“級”的意思。例如:
    He is as brave as any man alive.(他是世界上最勇敢的人)。
    He is as bright as any in the class.(他是班上最出色的)。
    724. Nothing(no)+so…as…(再沒有比……更……的了)。
    No student is so diligent as this one.(再沒有比這個學生更用功的了。)
    在這個句型中,no +單數(shù)名詞+so+形容詞原級+as+單數(shù)名詞或代詞。
    725. so much so that(到這樣程度以致于……)。例如:
    He spoke rapidly, so much so that we could not clearly understand him.
    (他講得太快,我們簡直不能清楚地了解他的意思。)
    726. not so …but(that)…,not such a …but(that)…(不是如此……以致于不……).例如:
    No man is so old but (that) he may learn.(沒有人老到不能學習的)。
    727. all but(幾乎,除……之外,都……)例如:
    This book contains all kinds of knowledge, it is all but an encyclopedia.
    (這本書包括各種知識,幾乎是一本百科全書。)
    728. none(not)the +比較級(不因……而更好〈壞〉)。例如:
    A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.(好故事雖再講也不厭)。(諺語)
    For all his years, he is none the less vigorous and active.
    (他雖年老,但仍然生氣勃勃,精力旺盛)。
    729. It is in (或with)…as in(或with)…(……猶如……)。例如:
    It is in studying as in eating: he who does it gets the benefits and not he who sees it being
    done.(讀書猶如吃飯,得益的是動手做的人,而不是看人家做的人。)
    730. something of …, anything of …, nothing of …,a bit of…, much of …, a great deal of …,
    a little of …等表示分量或程度。例如:
    He is something of a lawyer.(他略知法律。)
    Is he anything of a scholar?(他有一點學問嗎?)
    動詞如果不用be而用have,則在后面用“in +代詞或名詞。”例如:
    He has something of the hero in him.(他頗有英雄氣概)。
    731. as+人或物+go(就……一般而論)。例如:
    She was a good cook as cooks go.(就一般廚子而論,她是一個好廚子。)
    He is a good teacher, as teachers go.(就一般教師而言,他是一個好教師)。
    732. as far as 或 so far as (直到……的程度,就……而言)。例如:
    I will try as far as I can.(我愿就我所能去做。)
    I am going by train as far as Shanghai, and then take ship for Japan.
    (我將乘火車直達上海,然后乘船到日本。)
    733. as good as (幾乎等于,差不多)。例如:
    She claimed that he as good as promise to marry her.(她宣稱,他實際上要答應娶她。)
    734. as much, as many(同量,同程度;同一的事,同樣)。例如:
    I found him rather careless and said as much to him.
    (我發(fā)現(xiàn)他有些粗枝大葉,并直率地向他說了。)
    735. as it is (was)(照現(xiàn)在的樣子,照當時的樣子;實際上)。例如:
    Report the fact as it is.(如實報告。)
    736. may as well…as…(可以……也可以……);might as well…as…(不可以……,同樣也不可以……)。例如:
    You may as well call a cat a little tiger as call a tiger a big cat.
    (你可以稱貓為小老虎,正像你可以稱老慮為大貓一樣。)
    737. not that…but that…(并非因為……而是因為……)。例如:
    Not that I dislike the work, but that I am un-equal to it.
    (不是因為我不喜歡這個工作,而是因為我不勝任。)
    but之后的 that有時可以省去。
    738. (all)the better for…;not the less for…(因……而更……;不因……而較不……)。例如:
    I love him all the better for his faults.(正因他有過失,所以我更愛他。)
    As he has faults, I love him the better.(因他有過失,我格外愛他。)
    739. what with…and (what with) …;what by…and(what by) …(一半因為……,一半因為……;或因……,或因……)。例如:
    What with the wind and what with the rain, our walk was spoiled.
    (風和雨使得我們無法散步)。
    句中what用作副詞,等于partly. with表示“原因”,by表示“手段”。
    740. but for…,but that…(倘若不是,要是沒有,要不是)。例如:
    But for his help, we should fail.
    But for his help, we should have failed.(如果沒有他的幫助,我們就失敗了。)
    But that he saw it, he could not have believed it .(要不是親眼看見,他是不會相信的。)
    741. must/have to …before…can…(必須〈只有〉……才能……),表示“條件”。例如:
    Electronic computers must be programmed before they can work.
    (必須為電子計算機編好程序,它才能工作。)
    742. may well表示“理由”。其意思是“很可以……”例如:
    He may well be proud of his son.(他很可以因他的兒子而自豪。)
    743. and連接兩個平行句,第一句表示“原因”。例如:
    He tried hard, and passed the exam.(他努力學習,所以考試及格了。)
    744. not…because(不因……而……;不以……而……)。例如:
    The country is not strong because it is large.
    這名話不能譯為:(國家并不強大,因為它大。)
    而應譯為:(國強不在于大。)
    745. while 引導從句表示“讓步”。例如:
    While I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.
    (雖然我承認這些問題困難,但我不同意說他們不能解決。)
    746. still, yet用在相反意義的句子前,表示“讓步”。例如:
    It is very unpleasant affair. Still, we can't change it.
    (它雖是一件很不愉快的事情,但我們不能改變它。)
    747. For all (that)引導短語或從名,表示“讓步”。例如:
    For all their modern weapons, the enemy were eventually defeated.
    (敵人雖然有著現(xiàn)代化的武器,但終于還是被打敗了。)
    748. the+級形容詞,表示“讓步”。例如:
    The wisest man cannot know everything.(即使是最聰明的人也不能什么都知道。)
    749. not but that(what)=though.例如:
    He's never walked that far─not but what he could do it if he tried.
    (他從未走那么遠,雖然他要走還是可以走的)。
    750. (It is)true(that) …but…(誠然……但是……)。例如:
    It is true that he is not clever, but he is very diligent.
    (他誠然不怎么聰明,但卻非常用功。)