翻译

　　(1) ... not so much...... as (but) ... 与其说……还不如说……

　　(2) ... not so much that.....as (but) that...... 与其说……还不如说……

　　(3) ... not so much as..... (=not even) 甚至于不……，连……也不……

　　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。

　　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。(注意翻译时动作的对象)

　　[注意]：more ... than ...

　　1) she is more beautiful than her sister. 她比她姐姐漂亮。

　　2) George is more intelligent than aggressive. 与其说乔治言行放肆，不如说他聪颖过人。

　　以上第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；而第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1) 2)两句中的用法也适用于less ... than结构，得出相反的含义：

　　例如：

　　1) John is less daring than quick-witted. 与其说约翰胆大，不如说他脑子灵活。

　　2) George was less intelligent than aggressive. 与其说乔治聪颖过人，不如说他言行放肆。

　2． none but (=nothing but): 只有 (=only)

　　None but the brave deserves the fair. 只有英雄才配得上美人。

　　She chose none but the best. 她只选最好的。

　　She is nothing but a child. 她只不过是个孩子。

　3．none other than: (表示惊讶)不是别人，正是…… (= no one else but)

　　It’s none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa.

　4．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.

　　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. 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.

　　如果我们只拿一小块蛋糕，母亲是不会知道的。

　5．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. 这家旅馆的服务一点效率都没有。

　6．anything but: ①除---之外什么都(此处的but等于except)②决不(=not at all)

　　I eat anything but (except) fish. 除了鱼，我什么都吃。

　　She is anything but a good cook. 她决不是个好厨师。(即：除了好厨师，她什么都是。)

　7．It is not that...but that... 这不是说……，而是说……

　　例1: It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former.

　　译文：这并不是说在一种情况下所使用的磅秤和另一种情况下所用的天平在构造原理上或工作方式上存在差别，而是说与前者相比，后者是一种更精密得多的装置，因而在计量上必然更加准确。

　8．can not...too... 再……也不过分

　　例1: We cannot be too careful of health. 我们无论如何注意健康也不为过。

　　例2: You cannot be too careful when you drive a car. 你开车时再小心也不过分。

　　例3: We can not be too faithful to our duties. 我们必须尽力忠于职守。

9．no less...than，意为：“和……同样是……”。例如：

　　Human is no less an animal than a monkey is. 人和猴都是动物。

no less than 的意思为：“简直是，实在是”，例如：

　　1) It is no less than blackmail to ask such a high price. 如此索要高价，简直是敲诈。

　10．It occurs to sb. that… (某人) 想起……

　　例1: It occurred to me suddenly that I had met him somewhere.

　　译文：我突然想起在什么地方见过他。

　　例2: It occurred to me that she was jealous of me.

　　译文：我突然发觉她嫉妒我。

　11．other...than... 或other than... 不同于，非；除了

　　例l: Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries other than those in which the crude ores are mined.

　　译文：提炼矿石的厂房通常不是设在采矿石的国家而设在其它国家。

　　例2: Reactions other than the desired one often occur when reactants are brought together.

　　译文：当这些反应物放在一起时，常发生不希望有的一些反应。(即：…常发生与希望有的反应不同的反应。)

　12．nothing but (= none but = only): 仅仅，只不过

　　We could see nothing but fog. 除了雾之外我们什么也看不见。

　13．make nothing of: (常和can一起用)不理解；不重视,轻视 (= think nothing of)

　　I could make nothing of the passage. 我不理解这篇文章。

　　He makes / thinks nothing of working ten hours a day. 他不在乎一天工作十小时。

14．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.

　　三个人受了重伤，建筑物的损害更不用说了。

15．have nothing to do with: 与……无关

　　I have nothing to do with the accident. 我与这场事故无关。

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

　　He was nothing if not clever. (= He was very clever.) 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。

17．all but 几乎，差一点，除……以外其余都是

　　but for要不是

　　but that+从句：若不是……

　　例1：She all but fainted when she heard the news.

　　译文：她听到这一消息时几乎晕倒了。

　　注：此句中a11 but意为nearly，almost。

　　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。

　　此句中all but意为a11 except。

　　例2：But for the rain we should have a pleasant journey.

　　译文：要不是下雨，我们的旅行本来是愉快的。

　　例3：He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time.

　　译文：若不是他那时缺钱，他是会帮助我们的。

　　注1).but that引导的从句中谓语用陈述语气。2).but that有灵活的译法。如：Nothing would satisfy that child but that I place her on my lap.(那孩子什么都不要，只要我把她抱在怀里。)

18.“only + to do”意为“……，结果却……”，即表示与句子谓语动作的目的相反的结果。

　　例1: They don't have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema or the opera, only

　　to discover, perhaps, that the show is disappointing.

　　译文：他们不必花钱去戏院、电影院或歌剧院买价格很贵的票，(如果去了，)结果却可能发现，所演的节目令人失望。

　　例2: They hurried there only to find the meeting canceled.

　　译文：他们匆匆忙忙赶到那儿，结果却发现会议被取消了。

19. not more / -er than 与 no more / -er than 结构

　　比较：

　　John is not better than Tom.

　　John is no better than Tom.

　　前一句表示“约翰不比汤姆好”，属于普通的比较结构；后一例用了no 情况就不同了。no better than 相当于as bad as，含义是两人一样坏。这里，“no + 形容词或副词比较级 + than”所表示的可以说是该形容词或副词的反意。

　　例如： no richer than = as poor as 和……一样穷

　　no bigger than = as small as 和……一样小

　　no later than = as early as 和……一样早

　　同样地：

　　I have not taken more than six courses this semester.

　　I have taken no more than six courses this semester.

　　前一句的含义是本学期选的课不多于六门；后一句的含义是只选了六门。强调“少”。

20.no more...than... (= not...any more than) 和……—样都不……(表示前后都否定)

　　例如：

　　1) Jack is no more intelligent than John. (=Jack is not intelligent any more than John.)

　　杰克与约翰一样都不聪明。

　　2) A man can no more fly than a bird can speak. (=A man cannot fly any more than a bird can speak.) 人不会飞翔，就像鸟不会说话一样。