1、of以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语,以修饰后面的那个名词。如herold sharper of a father,可译为:她那骗子般的父亲Those pigs of girls eat so much.7.asascan(may)beIt is as plain as plain can be.8.It is in(with)asin(with)It is in life as in a journey.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
2、adopt him.10.many as wellasmight as well as与其,不如,更好以这样做为宜如同,也可以等等。might as wellas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One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.BEC阅读需掌握的关键句型二11.to makeof的译法(使成为,把当作)I will make a scientist of my son.12.too+不定式,not(never)too+不定式toonot+不定式She is too angry
3、to speak.13.only(not,all,but,never)tooto do sotoo ready(apt) + to do结构中,不定式也没有否定意义,凡是notallbut等字后+tooto,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 mucha
4、snot so much as结构,=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 aswithout(not)even,甚至还没有The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.16.Nothing is morethanNothing is soas都具有最高级比较的意思,Nothing I可换用nonobodynowherelittlefewhardlyscarcely等等,可译为没有比更为像再没有了最等。Nothing is more precious
5、 than time.17.cannottoo结构,意为It is impossible to overdo或者,即无论怎样也不算过分等,tooenoughsufficient等You cannot be too careful.18.否定+but结构,在否定词后面的but,具有whichnotwhonotthatnot,等等否定意义,构成前后的双重否定。可译成没有不是都Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.19.否定+until(till)结构,在否定词neverseldom等的后边所接用的until/till,多数情况下译为直到才要才
6、,把否定译为肯定。 Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.20.not sobutnot such abut结构,这两个结构和的结构差不多,不同之点是这两个结构中的是含有thatnot意味的连续词,表示程度。还没有到不能做的程度并不是不无论怎样也不是不能He is not so sick but he can come toschool.BEC阅读需掌握的关键句型三21.疑问词+shouldbut结构,这个结构表示过去的意外的事,意为nonebut除了还有谁会岂料想不到竟是 Who should write it but himself?2
7、2.who knows but (that)who could shouldbut结构,这个结构是反问形式,一般意译为多半亦未可知等等,有时也可直译。 Who knows but (that) he may go?23. 祈使句+and祈使句+or表示Ifyou祈使名+orifnot,you。 Add love to a house and you have a home. Aad righteousness to a city and you have a community. Aad truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school.24
8、.名词+and结构,在这个结构中,名词等于状语从句,或表示条件,或表示时间。 A word, and he would lose his temper.25.as,so结构,这里的so的意思是in the same way(也是如此)。此结构表明两个概念在程度上和关系上相似。 As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.26.if anyif ever,意思是果真有即使有,表示加强语气。与此类似的还有:if anything(如有不同的话,如果稍有区别),if a day(=at least,至少)。 There is little, if any, h
9、ope.27.be it ever(never)solet it be ever(never)so结构,这里,be it中的be是古英语假设语气的遗留形式,现代英语则使用let it beever sonever so都表示同一意思,都表示very Be it ever so humble (let it be ever so humble), home is home.28.the last+不定式the last +定语从词结构,这种结构中的last意思是the least likely,用于否定性推论。最不大可能的最不合适的,由原意的最后一个变成最不可能的一个 He is the las
10、t man to accept a bride.29.sothat句型,这个句型的意思是如此,以致于,但在翻译成汉语时,许多情况下,并不是一定要译成如此以致于,而是变通表达其含义。 He ran so fast that nobody could catch him up.30.more + than+原级形容词(副词)结构,这是将不同性质加以比较,其中的more有rather的意思。 It is more than probable that he will fall.BEC阅读需掌握的关键句型四31 more than +动词结构,这种结构表示动词的程度,可译为异常岂止十二分地 This
11、more than satisfied me. 32 good and 的副词用法,译为非常很类似还有nice and , fine and , lovely and bright and rare and big and 等,均表示程度。 The apples are good and ripe. 33 and that结构,这个应译为而且,表示对它前面陈述部分的语气加强,that代表前面的整个陈述部分。 Return to your work , and that at once. 34 at onceand结构,这个结构译为既又,起相关连接的作用,相当于bothand The novel
12、 is at once pleasing and instructive. 35 in that结构,这个结构的意思是在那一点上(方面)因为类似的结构还有in this The budget is unrealistic in that it disregards increased costs. 36 the name notwithstanding结构,这个结构中notwithstanding是介词,这个介词可以置前,可以置后,比如也可写成:notwithstanding the name起让步状语的作用。 Some people think of the storage battery
13、as a sort of condenser where electricity is stored.But this is an entirely wrong conception, the name notwithstanding. 37 EverynotAllnot不见得每个都是;不见得所有都是 Every man is not polite, and all are not born gentlemen. 38 may as well notas结构,此结构可译为与其不如不 One may as well not know a thing at all as know it but i
14、mperfectly. 39 have only to do结构,此结构表示只须(消)就能 We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to see the significance of it. 40 not (no) unless No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.BEC阅读需掌握的关键句型五41 betterthan Better my life should be ended
15、 by their hate, than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love. 42 as it were是一个非常常用的插入语,意思是好象可以说 Apiece of iron near a magnet, though apparently separate from it , feels, as it were, the threads of this attachment. 43 复杂结构,在下面例句中,由于anyone的定语从句过长,把谓语must realize提到定语从句之前。 Though f
16、aith and confidence are surely more or lass foreign to my nature, I do not infrequently find myself looking to them to be able, diligent, candid, and even honest. Plainly enough, that is too large an order, as anyone must realize who reflects upon the manner in which they reach public office. 44 not
17、any more than为:不能,正如不能 One cannot learn to sketch and express himself graphically only by reading about it any more than one can learn to swim while standing by the pool. 45 By that as it may是Let it be that as it may的省略形式,是由引起的另外一种假设结构,意思是虽然如此,尽管这样 It is said that the nerve poison is the more primit
18、ive of the two, that the blood poison is, so to speak, a new product from an improved formula. Be that as it may, the nerve poison does its business with man far more quickly than the blood poison. 46 if at all是一个由if引起的主谓结构不完整的短句结为即将即使 I can see only with great difficulty, if at all. 47 由there引起的句型容
19、易产生复杂的句子结构. There have been opened up to the vast and excellent science, in which my work is the beginning, ways and means by which other minds more accurate than wine will explore its remote corners. 48 range from to结构。这是一个常见结构,译时很多情况下应变通处理,不能完全依靠辞典上的释义。 Computer applications range from an assembly
20、 line completely run by computers to a children toy responding to remote signals. 49 the way结构 I always thought she was a common-sense person who discussed things the way they ought to be discussed. 50 复杂宾补结构 In recent years, the development of sensitive and accurate measuring equipment has made it
21、possible to measure the acuity of hearing of any individual at different frequencies.BEC阅读需掌握的关键句型六51 某些分隔结构 1) 动词短语相关部分被分隔(当make use of take notice ofpay attention to, 等动词短语变成被动语态时)。 Use is made of solar energy in heating houses. 2)双重定语引起的分隔。 But there is of culture another view, in which not solel
22、y the scientific passion, the sheer desire to see things as they are, natural and proper in an intelligent being, appears as the ground of it. 52 to be doingwhen是一个句型,多译为某人正在做时,突然在简单的句子中容易看出,一旦句子变得复杂一些,可能就不太容易识别这种句型。 She said she and a friend had gone out to dinner that night, and were walking home
23、together at about 10 oclock, when a very big, very tall man, accosted them and demanded their purses. 53 tooto Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the splendor of it all. 54 so
24、 much that But he developed gradually a very musical English. He learnt to write sentences that fall away on the ear with a misty languor and it delighted him so much that he could never have enough of it. 55 when引导状语从句有时并不好译,不能一看到when从句就考虑译为当的时候,它还有许多种译法。 Anything is better than not to write clearl
25、y. There is nothing to be said against lucidity, and against simplicity only the possibility of dryness. This is a risk that is well worth taking when you reflect how much better it is to be bold than to wear a curly wig. 56 notbecause,有时可否定前面,有时可否定because本身,往往出现歧义。应根据上下文面判定。 In 1600 the earth was n
26、ot the center of the universe because the majority then supposed it was; nor, because she had more readers, was Ella wheeler Wilcox a better poet than Father Hopkins. 57 sothat, suchthat是一个普通的句型,但在同一个句子里有两处使用它却比较少见。 The truth is, that in one point of view, this matter of national literature has come
27、 to such a pass with us, that in some sense we must turn bullies, else the day is lost, or superiority so far beyond us, that we can hardly say it will ever be ours. 58 by doing这个结构的意思是通过(做),但翻译实践中不能拘泥于这种释义,不少情况下需要灵活变通。 The hippos, by depositing dung in the water, fed the fish that support the storks that destroy the rare trees. 59 下面例句为一倒装句,主语很长,而且又含有非常复杂的句型。这是以
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