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.
7. as…as…can(may)be
It is as plain as plain can be.
8. "It is in(with)…as in(with)"
It is in life as in a journey.
9. "as good as…"相等于，就像，幾乎如;實(shí)際上，其實(shí)，實(shí)在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
10."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可譯為"與其……，不如……，更好"，"以這樣做……為宜"，"如同……，也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事，可譯為"猶如……"，"可與……一樣荒唐"，"與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.