考研英語(yǔ)否定結(jié)構(gòu)句子解析(二)

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三、雙重否定 意義肯定
    雙重否定指同一句子里出現(xiàn)兩個(gè)否定詞,即否定之否定,雙重否定句表達(dá)的意思是肯定的,通常比肯定句的語(yǔ)氣要重些,譯成漢語(yǔ)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(wú))、no one but (除了… 外,沒(méi)有別人)、none too(一點(diǎn)也不)have no alternative/choice but to do (除……,別無(wú)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(gè)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.