She had said what it was necessary to say.

　　2. 強(qiáng)調(diào)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"(very+形容詞)

　　He was all gentleness to her.

　　4. 利用詞匯重復(fù)表示強(qiáng)調(diào)

　　A crime is a crime a crime.

　　5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of" "something of"相當(dāng)于"to some extent"，表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中，則為"anything of "，可譯為"有點(diǎn)"，"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(diǎn)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前后的兩個(gè)名詞都指同一個(gè)人或物，"of"以及它前面的名詞構(gòu)一個(gè)形容詞短語，以修飾"of"后面的那個(gè)名詞。如"her old sharper of a father"，可譯為："她那騙子般的父親"。

　　Those pigs of girls eat so much.

　　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..."相等于，就像，幾乎如；實(shí)際上，其實(shí)，實(shí)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(dāng)作)

　　I will make a scientist of my son.

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

　　She is too angry to speak.

　　13. only(not, all, but, never) too ...to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"結(jié)構(gòu)中，不定式也沒有否定意義，凡是"not"，"all""but等字后+"too...to，"不定式都失去了否定意義，在"too ready(apt) +to do"結(jié)構(gòu)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(jié)構(gòu)，"not so much...as"="not so much as ..."，其中as有進(jìn)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 .

　　16. "Nothing is more...than"和"Nothing is so ...as"結(jié)構(gòu)，"Nothing is more...than"和"Nothing is so ...as"都具有最高級(jí)比較的意思，"Nothing I"可換用"no"，"nobody"，"nowhere"，"little"，"few"，"hardly"，"scarcely"等等，可譯為"沒有......比......更為"，"像......再?zèng)]有了"，"最......"等。

　　Nothing is more precious than time.

　　17. "cannot...too..."結(jié)構(gòu),"cannot...too..."意為"It is impossible to overdo..."或者，即"無論怎樣......也不算過分"。"not"可換用"hardly"，"scarcely"等，"too"可換用"enough"，"sufficient"等

　　You cannot be too careful.

　　18. "否定+but "結(jié)構(gòu)，在否定詞后面的"but"，具有"which not"，"who not"，"that not"，等等否定意義，構(gòu)成前后的雙重否定。可譯成"沒有......不是"或"......都......"等

　　Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.

　　19. "否定+until (till)"結(jié)構(gòu)，在否定詞"no"，"not"，"never"，"little"，"few"，"seldom"等的后邊所接用的"until/till"，多數(shù)情況下譯為"直到......才......"，"要......才......"，把否定譯為肯定。

　　Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.

　　20. "not so...but"和"not such a ...but"結(jié)構(gòu)，這兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)和"否定+but"的結(jié)構(gòu)差不多，不同之點(diǎn)是這兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)中的"but"是含有"that...not"意味的連續(xù)詞，表示程度。可譯為"還沒有......到不能做......的程度"，"并不是......不......"，"無論怎樣......也不是不能......"等。

　　He is not so sick but he can come to school.