2016年12月英语四级语法与句型复习

　　1. It作先行主语和先行宾语的一些句型

　　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.

　　11."to make…of"的译法(使……成为……，把……当作)

　　I will make a scientist of my son.

　　12. too…+不定式"，not(never)too…+不定式"，"too…not+不定式

　　She is too angry to speak.

　　13. only (not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"结构中，不定式也没有否定意义，凡是"not"，"all" "but等字后+"too…to，"不定式都失去了否定意义，在"too ready(apt) +to do"结构中，不定式也没有否定意义。

　　You know but too yell to hold your tongue.

　　14. "no more …than…"句型

　　A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

　　15. "not so much…as"和"not so much as …"结构，"not so much…as"="not so much as …"，其中as有进可换用but rather，可译为："与其说是……毋须说是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even，"可译为"甚至……还没有"。

　　The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

　　16. "Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"结构，"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高级比较的意思，"Nothing I"可换用"no"，"nobody"，"nowhere"，"little"，"few"，"hardly"，"scarcely"等等，可译为"没有……比……更为"，"像……再没有了"，"最……"等。

　　Nothing is more precious than time.

　　17. "cannot…too…"结构,"cannot…too…"意为"It is impossible to overdo…"或者，即"无论怎样……也不算过分"。"not"可换用"hardly"，"scarcely"等，"too"可换用"enough"，"sufficient"等

　　You cannot be too careful.

　　18. "否定+but "结构，在否定词后面的"but"，具有"which not"，"who not"，"that not"，等等否定意义，构成前后的双重否定。可译成"没有……不是"或"……都……"等

　　Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.