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1. It作先行主語和先行賓語的一些句型

She had said what it was necessary to say.

2. 強調句型　

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"同等於very+形容詞

He was all gentleness to her.

4. 利用詞彙重複表示強調

A crime is a crime a crime.

5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of"

"something of"譯為"相當於"，表示程度。

在疑問句或條件從句中，則為"anything of "，可譯為"有點"，"略微等。""譯為毫無"，"全無"。

"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"。

something like 譯為"有點像，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 前後的兩個名詞都指同一個人或物，"of"以及它前面的名詞構一個形容詞短語，以修飾"of"後面的那個名詞。
 

如"her old sharper of a father"，可譯為："她那騙子般的父親"。

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…"相等於，就像，幾乎如;實際上，其實，實在。

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.

11."to make…of"的譯法(使……成為……，把……當作)

I will make a scientist of my son.

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

13." only (not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"結構中，不定式也沒有否定意義，凡是"not"，"all" "but 等字後+"too…to，"不定式都失去了否定意義，在"too ready(apt) +to do"結構中，不定式也沒有否定意義。

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 …"結構，"not so much…as"="not so much as …"，其中as有進可換用but rather，可譯為："與其說是……毋須說是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even，"可譯為"甚至……還沒有"。

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