英语中的双重否定句
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英语中的双重否定句
一、but 与其他词语搭配用于双重否定句
1、But for the sun, all the living things could not live on the earth.
(注:but for+名词表示要不是或没有之意,一般用于虚拟条件。)
2、But that we did the experiment, we could not have got the correct result.
(注:but that+从句是“假使……不”之意,通常用于虚拟条件。)
3、In our workshop not a machine but what was designed and made by ourselves.
在我们车间,没有一台机器不是我们自行设计和制造的。
4、No man is so old but he may learn.
5、There is no one but answers it.
没有一个人回答不上来。
二、without构成的双重否定句
1、without friction,there could be no brake.
2、Without substances,there could be no world.
3、One can not succeed without perseverance.
三、介词短语in the absence of 构成的双重否定句
1、In the absence of gravity,there would be no air around the earth.
2、In the absence of radar,the pilot in an airplane could not fly for a long distance at night.
没有雷达,飞行员在夜间不能长途飞行。
四、含有unless一词的双重否定句
1、There is no work unless there is motion.
如果没有运动,也就没有功。
2、There are no sound waves unless there is sound.
五、其他形式的双重否定句
1、If it were not for enough acceleration,the earth satellite would not get into space.
2、It is impossible for a body at rest to move without an external force.
3、There is nothing unexpected.
4、The flowing of electricity through a wire is not unlike that of water through a pipe.
《科技英语翻译理论与技巧》第213-214页 保清 苻之 编著 中国农业机械出版社 1983年6月北京第1版