【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 其說是一首詩，倒不如說是一幅畫。 ? It is less a picture than a poem. 這與其說是幅畫，倒不如說是首詩。 He was less hurt than frightened. 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? more than=very ? A)相當于程度副詞 ? I was more than happy to hear of your marriage. ? They were more than pleased with her performance. ? B)帶有否定意義 ? The beauty of the West Lake is more than I can describe. 西湖之美簡直難以形容。 ? That is more than I can tell. ? 那我可說不清。 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? no+比較級 + than ? John is not better than 。 ? John is no better than 。 ? no better than=as bad as ? no richer than=as poor as ? no bigger than=as small as ? no later than =as early as ? Mary is no taller than Louis. ? The room is no darker than that one. 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? no more +n than +n 兩者都不是 … ? A whale is no more a fish than a horse is. ? 鯨和馬同樣不是魚。 ? A bat is no more a bird than a frog. ? 蝙蝠和青蛙同樣不是鳥。 ? He is no more a writer than a painter. ? 他既不是畫家，也不是作家。 ? He is no more an inventor than an engineer. 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? no less adj./n… than… n 兩者都是 ? He is no less guilty than his wife. ? 他和他的妻子同樣有罪。 ? A whale is no less a mammal than a horse is. ? 鯨與馬一樣也是哺乳動物。 ? He is no less clever than his elder brother. ? 他的聰明程度不次于他哥哥（或者和他哥哥一樣聰明）； ? He studies no less hard than John. ? 他和約翰一樣努力（努力程度不次于約翰） ? She is no less beautiful than her sister. ? 她和她姐姐一樣漂亮 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? no more than…“ 僅僅 ” ， “ 不多于 ” 有 “ 少 “ 的含義 ? no less than… “不少于 ” 有 “ 多 ” 的含義 ? She earned no more than 300 dollars a week. ? 她每星期只掙得 300美元 ? The rent cost her no less than 500 dollars a month. ? 她每月所付房租多達 500美元。 ? There were no more than 20 students in the hall. ? There were no less than 5,500 wounded. 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? not so much… as=less… than 與其說 A不如說 B (less… than… ) ? It wasn’t so much that I disliked her as that I just wasn’t interested. ? 與其說我不喜歡她 ,不如說我對她不感興趣。 ? It wasn’t so much his appearance I liked as his personality. ? 與其說我喜歡他的外表，不如說我喜歡他的為人。 ? The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it. ? 與其說海洋把世界分開，不如說海洋把世界連接起來。 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning. ? 評析：這里被比較的是兩個不定式： to teach you things 和 to teach you the art of learning. ? 譯文：學(xué)校教育的偉大作用不在于教會你多少東西，而在于教會你學(xué)習(xí)的技巧。 ? The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. ? 人生的意義不在于你目前身在何處，而在于你心向何方。 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? （ just） as… ， so… 正如 …… ， …… 也 …… （用倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)） ? 如： Just as the soil is a part of the earth, __ the atmosphere. [A] as it is [B] the same is [C] so is [D] and so is 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? Just as dark clouds cannot long hide the sun, so no lies can cover up the fact. ? 烏云遮不住太陽，謊言掩蓋不了事實。 ? Just as food nourishes the body, so do books enrich the mind. ? 食物滋養(yǎng)身體，書本豐富心靈。 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? Just 也可以省去，比如， ? As you sow, so will you reap/so you will reap. ? 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。 ? As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies. ? 土壤因播種不同的種子而改良，智力用各科的學(xué)習(xí)來提高。 ? As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is the mark of little minds to use many words to say nothing. ? 大智者寥寥數(shù)語既能達意，寡智者口若懸河仍言之無物。 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? The more… the more… 越 … 越 … ? The older I get , the happier I am. ? The more money you make, the more you spend. ? The more you argue with him, the less notice he takes. ? 你越跟他辯論，他越是漫不經(jīng)心。 ? 天氣越熱，我們越累。 ? The hotter the weather was, the more tired we were. ? 計算機越小，價格越貴。 ? The smaller the puter, the more expensive it is. 比較結(jié)構(gòu) ? The sooner, the better. ? The more, the merrier. ? more and more … 越來越 …… ? The prices are getting higher and higher. ? She speaks English more amp。 more fluently. ? Household electric appliances are getting less and less expensive. ? 家用