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语句的表达中有些句子虽然含有表示否定意义的词,但整个句子表达的却是肯定的意思。现归纳如下,供同学们学习时参考!
一、在含有 cannot短语的一些句子中。
1. cannot help doing意为“禁不住…”。如:
I cannot help laughing.
我禁不住大笑起来。
2. cannot but do, cannot help but do, cannot choose do意为“不得不…”。如:
He is such an unselfish man. You cannot help but respect him.
他是这样一个毫无私心的人。你不得不尊敬他。
I cannot but admire his courage. 我不得不佩服他的勇气。
3. cannot... too意为“越…越好”。如:
You cannot be too careful.
你越仔细越好。
二、 nobody/ nothing/ no one... but...意为“不过是…;只…”。如:
Nothing but a miracle can save her now.
现在只有出现奇迹她才能得救。
三、在表示双重否定的句子中。如:
Without water, nothing could live.
没有水,什么也活不了。
I cannot go without getting my lessons done.
不把功课做好,我就不能去。
Don't be so careless with your money.
花钱要仔细(不要太随便)。
四、在一些句型中。
1.在 not... until句型中,意为“直到…才…”。如:
He didn't come back until late in the evening.
他直到晚上很晚才回来。
She didn't arrive until the game had begun.
直到比赛开始她才到。
2.在 not only... but also句型中,意为“不但…而且…”。如:
Not only boys but also girls are invited to the party.
不但男孩子们,而且女孩子们也被邀请参加宴会。
3.在 no sooner... than, hardly/ scarcely/ barely... when句型中,意为“一…就…”。如:
I had no sooner reached home than it began to rain.
我刚到家天就开始下雨了。
She had hardly sat down when she heard someone knocking at the door.
她刚坐下来就听见有人敲门。
五、在一些短语中: nothing/ not much/ little to choose between the two(两者差不多), no more than(仅有), no less than...(有…之多;正好), not a little(很;非常), not the less(还是;仍旧)等。如:
There is not much to choose between the two.
两者不相上下。
I'm no more than an ordinary worker.
我仅是个普通的工人。