英语写作必备经典句型+例句

英语写作必备

——经典高分句型+例句

*Not so much as ＝without so much as ―ing 连-----也不----

He cannot so much as write a word.

He went away without so much as saying a word.

She came in without so much as saying hello to me.

Generally speaking, a student who passed the exam had the chance to the next round, but he did not so much as conclude the main from that article. He didn’t so much as ask me to sit down.

*Not so much-----as---- 与其---倒不如---

*Not -----so much as -----与其---倒不如---

It is not so much talent as persistent efforts that make one successful. Edison’s success is not so much talent as intelligence and hard work.

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.

It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.= it is not his illness so much as idleness that ruined him so much.

使落魄的人受苦的，与其说是贫穷，倒不如说是虚荣。

*Much more= still more 更加更不用说（肯定）

*Much less=still less （更加）（否定）

She like drawing, more than singing.

Many people come here in winter, still more in spring and summer.

He couldn’t even pick up the box, much less carry it upstairs.

Nothing lasts forever, still less an empire built on force.

There are no nurses, much less doctors, in the mountain.

I’ve got to get out of this place and find another job somewhere. I am just spinning my wheels here. There’s no chance to get a pay raise, much less a promotion.

*It is needless to say不必说，当然是

*It is not too much to say说是----也不过分

It is needless to say that the sun is one of the innumerable stars in the universe. It is needless to say that you must abide by its rule when you join the club. It is needless to say that the great wall is one of the greatest architecture in the world.

Needless to say, his allegiance to his country lasted all his life.

It is not too much to say that he achieved the great undertaking all by himself. It is not too much to say that a boy who is careless in what he does will never succeed.

*It is a proverb that two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。

*It wasn’t discreet of you that to call him around midnight.

Everyone desires money and leisure, but few people seem to know how to use them properly.

*The healthy mind looks a little ahead, and not too much behind.

*These statistics, for the first time, showed that the population of the country would be doubled in ten years.

*Not less----than---- 不亚于

The civilization created by the ancient in Egypt is not less grand than the

ancient in china.

Sufficient sleep is not less necessary than food to our health.

= sufficient sleep is quite as necessary as food to our health.

His achievement is not less great than his father’s.

*They didn’t exchange even a single word, not because they didn’t know each other, but because they were in low spirits.

*It is patience that what he needs, and not talent.

*Not only---- but also----

A man may usually be known not only by the books he reads, but also by the friends he keeps.

A man should realize that reading is not only to make it a means for amusement but also to make knowledge a part of himself.

The man who owns land and cherishes it and works it well is the source of our stability, not only in the economic but the social sense as well.

*Nothing but -----只不过是

Don’t have him for a friend, he is nothing but a criminal.

His supper was nothing but a little piece of cheese.

His father left him nothing but an empty room and an old watch.

*Make it a rule to---- 经常做

He made it a rule to play badminton every Saturday morning.

He made it a rule to get up early to practise spoken English every day.

*May well---- 理所当然的

She may well be proud of her husband.

= She has good reason to be proud of her husband.