英語中表示比較的句型相當(dāng)多,如果句型中插進(jìn)了一個否定詞,其意義和用法就很難掌握,下面介紹幾種常見的表達(dá)方式:
1.no better than:表示“和……一樣;實際等于……”,如:
Eg. He is no better than a beggar.
他實際上等于一個乞丐。
Eg. The invalid is no better than he was yesterday.
病人的情況和昨天一樣。
Eg. He has no better a say in the matter than I have.
他和我一樣在這件事上沒有發(fā)言權(quán)。
2.not... any more than或no more... than: 表示“同……一樣不”,如:
Eg. I could no more do that than you.
Eg. I could not do that any more than you.
你不能做這件事,我也不能做。
Eg. He is not a poet any more than I am a scholar.
我不是一個學(xué)者,他也不是一個詩人。
Eg. This story is no more interesting than that one.
這個故事和那個故事一樣沒有趣味。
Eg. He is no more able to read German than I am.
他和我一樣都不懂德語。
3.not so much... as:表示“與其……不如……”
Eg. He is not so much a writer as a reporter.
他與其說是個作家,不如說是個記者。
Eg. Your explanation does not so much enlighten us as confuse us.
你的解釋沒有起到啟發(fā)作用,反而把我們弄糊涂了。
Eg. Oceans don't so much divide the world as unite it.
與其說海洋分隔了世界,不如說海洋聯(lián)結(jié)了世界。
Eg. I don't so much dislike him as hate him.
我與其說不喜歡他,不如說我恨他。
4.nothing like:表示“沒有什么能比得上……”
Eg. There is nothing like home.
金窩銀窩,不如自己的草窩。
Eg. There is nothing like walking as a means of keeping fit.
沒有比散步來保持健康更好的了。
Eg. There is nothing like leather for shoes.
做鞋用皮革再好沒有了。
5.nothing like(或near)as(或so)... as:表示
“遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不像……那樣”
Eg. This novel is nothing near so interesting as that one.
這篇小說遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不及那篇小說有趣。
Eg. The book is nothing like as difficult as I expected.
這本書遠(yuǎn)沒有我想像的那么難懂。
Eg. His analysis of the poem is nothing like as penetrating as yours.
他對這首詩的分析遠(yuǎn)沒有你的分析那樣透徹。
6.no less... than:表示“和……一樣”
Eg. He is no less active than he used to be.
他和從前一樣活躍。
Eg. His mind is no less alert than yours.
他的思路和你的一樣敏捷。
Eg. Our soldiers fought with no less daring than skill.
我們的士兵作戰(zhàn)的英勇不亞于他們的戰(zhàn)斗技能。
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