GRE写作常用表达札记6(2008-05-11 22:53:34)
751. and连接两个平行句,第一句表示“让步”。例如:
He tried hard and he failed in the entrance examination to the college.
(他虽然很用功,但在大学入学考试时仍不及格)。
752. 动词+疑问词(what,where,how,when,which)+will(may)表示“让步”。例如:
Happen(come) what may, the Chinese people will not cease supporting the people of the third world
in their fight against hegemonism.
(不管发生什么事情,中国人民绝不停止对第三世界人民反对霸权主义的斗争的支持。)
753. be+主语+ever so+形容词,表示“让步”。例如:
Be a man ever so learned, he ought not to be proud.
(一个人不管多么有学问,也不应该骄傲。)
754. It was all(that)one could not to+原形动词(很难不……)。例如:
It was all I could do not to laugh at the joke.(我听了这个笑话禁不住发笑。)
755. 比较级+than to+原形动词(不至于……)。例如:
I am wiser than to believe that.(我不至于蠢到竟然相信这件事。)
756. 和too…to结构类似但意思不同的有以下几种情况:
1) He is too ready to speak.(=He is too talkative.) (他太爱讲话。)
2)“too…not to+动词不定式(……非常……必定能……)”或(……太……不会不……)。例如:He is too wise not to know it.(他很聪明,一定知道这件事情。)
3)not too …to+原形动词(这并不太……所以能……)。
这个句型也是对句型“too…to…”的否定,所以动词不定式表示肯定的意思。例如:
English is not too difficult to learn.(英语并不太难学。)
4)never too…to+原形动词(永〈决〉不……能……)。
这个句型是“not too…to…”的强调形式。例如:
It is never too late to mend.(Proverb)(亡羊补牢未为晚也。)(谚语)
One is never too old to learn.=No one is so old that he cannot learn.(活到老学到老。)
757. cannot…too…(无论怎样……也不过分) 例如:
You cannot praise the play too highly.(这出戏你无论怎样称赞,都不会过分。)
758. more than…can=cannot.
The boys in the street have become very insolent and it is more than flesh and blood can bear.(街道的男孩子变得非常无礼,到了人所不能忍受的地步。)
759. no…but…(没有……不是……)。例如:
There is no rule but has exceptions.(没有无例外的规则)。
760. never…but…; never(not) …without…(每……必……)。例如:
I never see you but I think of my brother.(我没有一次见到你不想起我的兄弟来。)
761. no one(none)but…(除……之外,谁也不……)。例如:
No one but a fool would do such a thing.(除了傻瓜外没有人愿干这样的事。)
762. cannot but…;cannot help…(不能不……,禁不住……)。例如:
I cannot but laugh to hear such a story.
I cannot help laughing to hear such a story.(听到这样的故事,我禁不住发笑。)
从例句可以看出:
a) cannot but+不带to的动词不定式b)cannot help+动名词
763. far from…(远远不,完全不)。例如:
My English is far from perfect.(我的英语很不熟练。)
764. a far(long) cry from…(完全不同于……)。例如:
The state of affairs in the countryside is a far cry from what it was last year.
(农村的形势和去年截然不同。)
765. anything but(决不)。例如:
That little bridge is anything but safe.(那座小桥决不安全。)
766. few and far between(很少)。例如:
Holidays are few and far between.(假日很少。)
767. instead