不能以貌取意的常见句型例析之一
1.This is the last thing I would ever want to do.
【误】这是我愿做的最后一件事情。
【正】这是我最不愿做的一件事情。
【析】the last +to do;the last +定语从句中的last的意思为least willing(likely),译为最不愿意;最不可能。又如:
He's the last man I want to see.他是我最不想见的人。
He is the last person to tell a lie.他是最不可能撒谎的人。
She's the last woman I want to sit next to at dinner.她是我在宴会上最不愿与之挨着坐的女人。
2.One can't be too honest.
【误】人不能太老实。
【正】人越老实越好。
【析】句中cannot...too...意为无论怎样也不过分或越越好。该句型中的not可以换成 hardly,never或scarcely;too可以换成 over或enough等,意思不变。又如:
You cannot be too careful.You cannot be over careful.=You cannot be careful enough.你越仔细越好。
A man can never have too many friends.朋友越多越好。
3.It's a wise man that never makes mistakes.
【误】聪明的人从来不犯错误。
【正】无论多么聪明的人,也难免犯错误。
【析】It is a +形容词+名词+that...结构是一个特殊的习惯用法,意思是无论怎样的也不。真正的句子意思与字面意思相反,它具有含蓄的让步意味,切不可望文生义、译成强调句型。又如:
It's a long lane that has no turning.无论怎样长的巷子也有转弯处。(引申意义为:耐心等待终会时来运转。)
It's a good horse that never stumbles.再好的马也有失前蹄的时候。(引申意义为:金无足赤,人无完人。)
4?I'm too anxious to know the result.
【误】我太急了以致于不想知道结果。
【正】我极想知道结果。
【析】英语中too...to...结构表示太以致不的意思。例如:The star is too small to see.但是,如果too后形容词表示主语的状态、心理活动、情感态度(常见的有glad,easy,ready,anxious,eager, willing,happy等),并与其后的不定式构成固定搭配,这时too含有肯定意义,表示very,extremely的意思。又如:
They are too anxious to leave.他们急于离去。
Mr.Smith was too eager to see her.史密斯先生极想见到她。
5.It's three years since he was a teacher.
【误】他当教师已经三年了。
【正】他不当教师已经三年了。
【析】在It is some time since +主语+谓语+其它成分。这一结构中,如果从句谓语动词是非延续性动词,那么时间的计算就从该动作的发生开始算起。例如:It's three years since he joined the army.他参军已经三年了。如果从句谓语动词是延续性动词,时间就要从该动作的结束算起。例如:It's many years since they lived here.他们不在这儿住已经好多年了。
6.All that glitters is not gold.
【误】闪光的东西都不是金子。
【正】闪光的东西不一定都是金子。
【析】在句中当不定代词all,both,every及 every的复合词,副词always,often,entirely与 not一起使用时,表示部分否定,意思是并非都是,不是每个人都等。例如:
I don't remember all these formulas.这些公式我并非全都记得。
Every man cannot do it.并非每个人都能做这个。
I don't entirely agree with you.我并不完全同意你的看法。
注意:当all,both,every等词和带im-,in-,un-,dis-等表示否定意义的前缀的词连用时,表示全部否定的意义。如:All your answers are incorrect.你所有的答案都不正确。再者,表示全部否定时,我们常使用no,not,no- body,nothing,never,nowhere,neither等词。如:None of the teachers smoke.这些
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