八大“似是而非”的英文表达.doc

八大“似是而非”的英文表达

英语表达精彩纷呈，其中有那么一些在形式上是肯定的，但意义上却是否定的。了解、熟悉并掌握这些表达不仅可以帮助我们正确地理解英文，还可以丰富我们的语言表达能力！下面让我们通过例句来逐一突破八大“似

是而非”的英文表达吧！

1·too.....to..... 太.....而不能....

eg. It’s too late to do anything about it now.

现在进行任何补救都为时已晚了。

2·short of （doing）sth 没有；如果不；除非

eg. (1)Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.

除非奇迹发生，否则我们输定了。

(2)Short of asking her to leave, there's nothing we can d

o about the situation.

要是不请她走，我们就没有办法应付这种局面了。

3·far from （doing）sth 几乎相反；远非

eg. Computers, far from destroying jobs ,can create emplayment

.

计算机远非破坏就业，而是能创造就业。

4·anything but 决不；根本不

eg. （1）I will do anything but go there.

我决不到那里去。

（2) The job turned out to be anything but easy.

结果那份工作一点也不轻松。

区别：nothing but 只是；只有

eg. He ate nothing but a piece of bread .

5·but for 要不是；如果没有

eg. But for your help，I wouldn't have made it.

要不是你的帮助，我是无法做到的。

6·rather than 而不是

eg. （1）I think I’ll have a cold drink rather than a coffee.

我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。

（2）Why didn’t you ask for help，

rather than trying to do it on your own？

你干嘛非得自己干，为什么不请别人帮忙呢？

7·the last +名词+不定式最不可能；决不会eg. He would be the last man to say such things.

他是决不会说这种话的。

8·more than....can / more.....than.....can 简直不可能eg. （1）The beauty of Hawaii is more than I can describe.

夏威夷的景色之美简直让我难以形容。

（2）The students have more homework than they can bear.

学生的家庭作业多的使他们难以承受