1. only too to do so 和too ready + to do結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義,凡是not,allbut等字後+tooto,不定式都失去了否定意義,在too ready +to do結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義。
You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
2. no more than句型
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
3. not so muchas和not so much as 結構,not so muchas=not so much as ,其中as有進可換用but rather,可譯爲:與其說是毋須說是。而not so much as=withouteven,可譯爲甚至還沒有。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
4. Nothing is morethan和Nothing is so as結構,Nothing is morethan和Nothing is so as都具有最高級比較的.意思,Nothing I可換用no,nobody,nowhere,little,few,hardly,scarcely等等,可譯爲沒有比更爲,像再沒有了,最等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
5. cannottoo結構,cannottoo意爲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.
6. 否定+but 結構,在否定詞後面的but,具有which not,who not,that not,等等否定意義,構成前後的雙重否定。可譯成沒有不是或都等。