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She had said what it was necessary to say.
2、强调句型
It is not who rules us that is important,but how he rules us.
3、“All+抽象名词”或“抽象名词+itself”(very+形容词)
He was all gentleness to her.
4、利用词汇重复表示强调
A crime is a crime a crime.
5、“something(much)of”和“nothing(little)of” “something of”相当于“to some extent”,表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中,则为“anything of ”,可译为“有点”,“略微”等。译为“毫无”,“全无”。much of译为“大有”,not much of可译为“算不上”,“称不上”,little of可译为“几乎无”,something like译为“有点像,略似”。
They say that he had no university education,but he seems to be something of a scholar.
6、同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物,“of”以及它前面的名词构成一个形容词短语,以修饰“of”后面的那个名词。如“her old sharper of a father”,可译为:“她那骗子般的父亲”。
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,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。
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”可译为“与其……,不如……,更好”,“以这样做……为宜”,“如同……,也可以……”等等。“might as well …as”表示不可能的事,可译为“犹如……”,“可与……一样荒唐”,“与其那样不如这样的好”等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.