1.only(not,all,but,never)too…todoso和"tooready(apt)+todo"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"tooready(apt)+todo"结构中,不定式也没有否定意义。
Youknowbuttooyelltoholdyourtongue.
2."nomore…than…"句型
Ahomewithoutloveisnomoreahomethanabodywithoutasoulisaman.
3."notsomuch…as"和"notsomuchas…"结构,"notsomuch…as"="notsomuchas…",其中as有进可换用butrather,可译为:"与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"notsomuchas"="without(not)even,"可译为"甚至……还没有"。
Theoceansdonotsomuchdividetheworldasuniteit.
4."Nothingismore…than"和"Nothingisso…as"结构,"Nothingismore…than"和"Nothingisso…as"都具有最高级比较的意思,"NothingI"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。
Nothingismorepreciousthantime.
5."cannot…too…"结构,"cannot…too…"意为"Itisimpossibletooverdo…"或者,即"无论怎样……也不算过分"。"not"可换用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可换用"enough","sufficient"等。
6."否定+but"结构,在否定词后面的"but",具有"whichnot","whonot","thatnot",等等否定意义,构成前后的双重否定。可译成"没有……不是"或"……都……"等。
Nothingissobadbutitmighthavebeenworse.