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 muchas和not so much as 结构,not so muchas=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 as=withouteven,可译为甚至还没有。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
16. Nothing is morethan和Nothing is so as结构,Nothing is morethan和Nothing is so as都具有最高级比较的意思,Nothing I可换用no,nobody,nowhere,little,few,hardly,scarcely等等,可译为没有比更为,像再没有了,最等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
17. cannottoo结构,cannottoo意为It is impossible to overdo或者,即无论怎样也不算过分。not可换用hardly,scarcely等,too可换用enough,sufficient等。
You cannot be too careful.
18. 否定+but 结构,在否定词后面的but,具有which not,who not,that not,等等否定意义,构成前后的双重否定。可译成没有不是或都等。
Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
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