常见英语特殊结构

常见英语特殊结构1) not so much … as …The funding you have provided is not so much a material incentive as a moral support.你提供的资金与其说是一种物质刺激，倒不如说是一种道义上的支持。

The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.海洋与其说分割，不如说连接了整个世界。

The power of knowledge consists not so much in its wide spectrum as in its wide application.知识的力量与其说在于广博，不如说在于广泛应用。

2) not so much as 甚至不He cannot so much as spell a world like this.他连这样一个词都不会拼。

She cannot so much as read her own name.她连自己的名字也读不出来。

John passed right by my front door without so much as dropping in on me.约翰就在我家门前经过，都不进来看我。

3) if only…If only John were/was here now!If only I didn’t have to work for a living.4) there’s nothing like… 没有什么能比得上；以……为最There’s nothing like a long hot bath after a day’s climbing.爬了一天的山之后能够好好地洗个热水澡，再舒服不过了。

There’s nothing like education for breaking down class barriers.教育是消除阶级障碍的最有效手段。

5) there’s nothing to/in … 在……方面不费事There’s nothing to playing bridge so long as you work hard at it.只要肯下功夫，打桥牌并不难。

If you have shied away from making pancakes in the past, don’t be put off—there’s really nothing in/to it.你过去嫌难不想做烙饼吃，现在不用怕了—其实真的很容易。

6) be nothing to…The gift is nothing to what you have given to me.这件礼物远远比不上你送个我的东西。

What I have done is nothing to what you expect of me.我说做到与你所期望的相差甚远。

7) something of a …He was something of an essayist.他说得上是个散文家。

She is something of an expert on ethics.她对伦理学略有研究。

He is something of a gossip.他是个专门搬弄是非的家伙。

8) much of a …He was also a great deal of a politician.他是位出色的政治家。

He is not much of an artist.他算不上什么了不起的艺术家。

She’s not much of a tennis player.9) that fool of a John （of作“相似”理解）a giant of a man/ an angel of a wife/a mountain of a wave/ her brute of a husbandIt is as I have said a labyrinth of an old house.正如我所说，这是一幢迷宫似的老房子。

She was a fine figure of a woman and I could well believe that in youth she had been beautiful.她身材窈窕，优美动人，我确信她年轻时是个美人。

She is going to marry a perfect hog of a millionaire for the sake of her father, who is as poor as a church mouse.为了一贫如洗的父亲着想，她就要嫁给一个贪得无厌的百万富翁了。

10) t oo…to …A free trip to Paris—that’s too good an opportunity to miss.免费游巴黎—大好机会，不容错过！He’s too clever a politician to say a thing like that in public.他是个很精明的政客，才不会在公开场合说这些话哩！（若在too...to…前加only，意思不同）I’ll be only too happy to help you. 我很乐意帮助你。

I am only too delighted to accept your kind invitation.我实在很高兴接受您的友好邀请。

11) c annot…to …He claims that one cannot be too faithful to the original in translation.他说在翻译时，无论怎样忠实于原文都不为过。

There can never to too much deception in war. 兵不厌诈。

We can scarcely pay too high a price for liberty.为了争取自由，我们付出多大的代价都不为过。

12) m ore…than…He always seemed old to me, more like a grandfather than like a father.我总感到他很老，看上去更像是祖父而不是父亲。

He was more frightened than hurt. 他的伤倒不算什么，只是受惊不小。

So far heat pollution has been more a threat than a fact.迄今为止，热污染虽未成事实，却是一大潜在的威胁。

13) m ight as well… as 犹如/等于是One might as well throw money away as spend it betting.把钱拿来打赌，等于是把钱给白白扔掉。

You might as well expect the river to flow back as try to make him change his mind.你想让他改变主意，除非河水倒流。

14) a s well 不妨，最好还是I may as well admit that I knew the answer all along.我最好还是承认我是一直知道这个答案的。

Since you can’t win the race, you may/just as well quit.既然赢不了这场比赛，那倒不如退出为好。

15) r ather thanRather than waste/wasting your time doing it yourself, why don’t you call a builder?为什么你宁愿浪费时间自己做而不去请建筑工人呢？Rather than travel by air, I’d prefer to spend a week on a big liner.我宁可在远洋客轮上花一个星期也不愿乘飞机旅游。

16) o nly to 不料；反而；结果却Scott arrived at the South Pole on January 18th, only to find that Amundsen had got there before him.斯科特1月18日到达南极点，不料发现阿蒙森比他更找到达。

I arrive d at the shop only to find I’d left all money at home.我到了店里，结果却发现把钱留在家里了。

17) f or/with all… 虽然……；尽管……For all his great learning, he remains modest.他尽管很有学问，但仍然很谦虚。

With all his wealth and fame, he’s a very lonely man.他虽然有名有利，但很孤独。

For all their talk about peace, they have never taken any steps to reduce the tension.他们在那里奢谈和平，却从不采取措施来缓和紧张局势。

18) a s such 就以这种身份/资格；如所指的人或事物那样；确切地说；严格来讲There should be a law ensuring products tested on animals should be labeled as such.应该制定一条法规，确保在动物身上试验过的产品务必标明。

A professor, as such, deserves respect.像这样的一位教授值得尊敬。

The new job is not a promotion as such, but it brings good prospects for the future.这份新的工作严格来说算不上晋升，但很有发展前途。

Mere good looks, as such, won’t take you far.单是长得漂亮未必有前途。

Mr. Simon said he was not against taxes as such, “but do object when taxationis justified on spurious or dishonest grounds,” he said.西蒙先生说，他并不反对税收本身，“但我反对用不正当手段巧立名目课税。

”19) i f anything 要说有什么区别的话；甚至相反；甚至不如说（说话时意义的转折）It certainly wasn’t an improvement. We were, if anything, worse off than before.这肯定不是什么进步，正相反，我们比以前退步了。