2011下半年商务英语阅读需掌握的关键句子02
日期:2011-08-24 09:58

(单词翻译:单击)

  9. "as good as…"相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。

  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"可译为"与其……,不如……,更好","以这样做……为宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可译为"犹如……","可与……一样荒唐","与其那样不如这样的好"等等。

  One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.

  11."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)

  I will make a scientist of my son.

  12. oo…+不定式",not(never)too…+不定式","too…not+不定式

  She is too angry to speak.

  13. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是"not","all""but等字后+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意义,在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。

  You know but too yell to hold your tongue.

  14. "no more …than…"句型

  A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

  15. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"结构,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有进可换用but rather,可译为:"与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至……还没有"。

  The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it .

  16. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"结构,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高级比较的意思,"Nothing I"可换用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可译为"没有……比……更为","像……再没有了","最……"等。

  Nothing is more precious than time.

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重点单词
  • yellv. 大叫 n. 大喊
  • adoptv. 采用,收养,接受
  • aptadj. 恰当的,聪明的,易于 ... 的 abbr.
  • merchantn. 商人,店主,专家 adj. 商业的 vt. 做买卖
  • preciousadj. 宝贵的,珍贵的,矫揉造作的 adv. 极其地