考研英语翻译常见句型

英译汉试题中常见的重要短语及典型句型

... not so much...... as (but) ... 与其……不如……

... not so much that.....as (but) that......与其……不如……

... might as well ... as..... 与其……不如……

... not so much as..... (= not even) 甚至不……

例1：He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.

译文：与其说他是老师，还不如说是学者。(注意翻译时动作的对象)

例2：It wasn't so much his appearance I liked as his personality.

译文：与其说我喜欢他的外表，不如说我喜欢他的品格。

例3：It's not so much that I don't want to come but I just haven't got the time.

译文：倒不是因为我不想来，而是我根本没有时间。

例4：He didn't so much as say thank you after all we'd done for him.

译文：我们为他干了那么多事，他甚至连谢谢都没有说一声。(注意翻译时动作的对象)

例5：You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.

译文：与其将钱借给他，还不如把钱丢进大海。

more ... than ...

1) she is more beautiful than her sister.

译文：她比她姐姐漂亮。

2) George is more intelligent than aggressive.

译文：与其说乔治言行放肆，不如说他聪颖过人。

第1)句是more... than结构的一般用法，即在两个不同的事物之间就同一方面作比较；第2)句是就同一个人的两个不同方面作比较。因此要译成“与其说……还不如说……”。

more...than结构在上述两句中的用法也适用于less ... than结构，得出相反的含义：

1) John is less daring than quick-witted.

译文：与其说约翰胆大，不如说他脑子灵活。

2) George was less intelligent than aggressive.

译文：与其说乔治聪颖过人，不如说他言行放肆。

have none of: 不参加；不接受；不允许

I will have none of your stupid ideas!

译文：我才不接受你那愚蠢的想法！

He was offered a job but he said he’d have none of it.

译文：他有一个工作机会，但他说他不接受。

none other than: 不是别人，正是……(= no one else but) It’s none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa.

none the +比较级词+ for: 毫不，一点也不

He spent 2 weeks in hospital but he’s none the better for it.

译文：他在医院里待了两个星期，但一点也没好转。

My car is none the worse for wear.

译文：我的车子一点也没有损耗。

none the wiser: 不知情

If we take only one piece of cake, mother will be none the wiser.

译文：如果我们只拿一小块蛋糕，母亲是不会知道的。

none too: (在形容词或副词前) 不太；一点都不

The service in this restaurant is none too fast.

译文：这家旅馆的服务一点效率都没有。

anything of: ①(疑问句/条件句)一点点；②(否定句)一点也(没有) Is he anything of a poet?

译文：他有一点点诗人的样子吗？

I haven’t seen anything of him lately.

译文：最近我没有见过他。for anything: (否定句) 无论如何

I won’t go there for anything.

译文：我决不去那里。

or anything: (意味着还有其他的可能性)

If Bernard wants to call me or anything, I’ll be here all day.

译文：如果伯纳德要找我或什么的，我整天都会在这儿。

if anything: 若有任何不同的话

If anything, my new job is harder than my old one.

译文：要说有什么不同的话，我的新工作反而比旧工作要难些。or something: 或什么的(表示说话者不能肯定)

She is a stewardess or something.

译文：她是空姐或什么的。

something of a...: 有点，有点像

He’s something of a book collector.

译文：他有几分像书籍收藏家。

something to / in: (叙述等)有些道理

There’s something to / in what you say; I’ll take your advice.

译文：你说的有些道理，我会接受你的建议

have / be something to do with: 与……有关

I think Guy Fawkes had / was something to do with a plan to blow up the bridge.

译文：我想盖佛克跟图谋炸毁桥梁有关。

for nothing: ①徒劳的；②免费的；③无缘无故的

All our preparation for nothing! No one’s even come to the party.

译文：我们为宴会所作的准备都白费了! 连一个人都没来。

She got the ticket for nothing.

译文：她免费得到那张票。

They quarreled for nothing.

译文：他们无缘无故地争吵。

make nothing of: (常和can一起用)不理解；不重视；不在乎(= think nothing of)

I could make nothing of the passage.

译文：我不理解这篇文章。

He makes / thinks nothing of working ten hours a day.

译文：他不在乎一天工作十小时。

to say nothing of: 更不用说(= not to mention, without mentioning) Three people were badly hurt, to say nothing of damage to the building.

译文：三个人受了重伤，建筑物的损害更不用说了。

nothing if not: 格外地；非常地(= very / much / extremely) He was nothing if not clever. (= He was very clever.)

译文：他格外聪明。

nothing of: 无……的部分；无……的气质

There was nothing of the lady in her behavior. 她的举止根本没有淑女的气质。

区别：

all but 几乎，差一点；除……以外其余都是

She all but fainted when she heard the news.

译文：她听到这一消息时几乎晕倒了。

试对比：

All but the little children thought that the trip was exciting.

译文：除了小孩，大家都认为这次旅行是激动人心的。