三、雙重否定 意義肯定
雙重否定指同一句子里出現(xiàn)兩個否定詞,即否定之否定,雙重否定句表達的意思是肯定的,通常比肯定句的語氣要重些,譯成漢語就譯成肯定形式,也可以保持雙重否定的形式。
No one can command others who can't command himself.
There was never a great genius without a tincture of madness.
There are no roses without thorns.
You can't make something out of nothing.
What's done can't be undone.
Nothing is nothing at all.
Hardly a day passed without our learning anything new.
可用于表示雙重否定的詞有:
no…not、no (not)…without、no……but、cannot but+v、cannot help+v-ing、without doubt、without fail、cannot help + v、without exception、nothing less but、(正是) none but (除…外,…別無)、no one but (除了… 外,沒有別人)、none too(一點也不)have no alternative/choice but to do (除……,別無選擇)、There is no doubt that…、There is no denying that…、There is no question that……、not seldom、not infrequently、not unlike、not displeased
四、幾乎否定
幾乎否定表示整個句子的意思接近于否定,常用的詞有:
little、few、barely、hardly、rarely、scarcely、seldom
This problem has been little studied.
He little realized the danger he was in.
She is barely right.
I seldom got any sleep last night.
Scarcely anything remains to be said.
雙重否定指同一句子里出現(xiàn)兩個否定詞,即否定之否定,雙重否定句表達的意思是肯定的,通常比肯定句的語氣要重些,譯成漢語就譯成肯定形式,也可以保持雙重否定的形式。
No one can command others who can't command himself.
There was never a great genius without a tincture of madness.
There are no roses without thorns.
You can't make something out of nothing.
What's done can't be undone.
Nothing is nothing at all.
Hardly a day passed without our learning anything new.
可用于表示雙重否定的詞有:
no…not、no (not)…without、no……but、cannot but+v、cannot help+v-ing、without doubt、without fail、cannot help + v、without exception、nothing less but、(正是) none but (除…外,…別無)、no one but (除了… 外,沒有別人)、none too(一點也不)have no alternative/choice but to do (除……,別無選擇)、There is no doubt that…、There is no denying that…、There is no question that……、not seldom、not infrequently、not unlike、not displeased
四、幾乎否定
幾乎否定表示整個句子的意思接近于否定,常用的詞有:
little、few、barely、hardly、rarely、scarcely、seldom
This problem has been little studied.
He little realized the danger he was in.
She is barely right.
I seldom got any sleep last night.
Scarcely anything remains to be said.

