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.

"may as well…as"和"might as well…as" "may 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.

"to make…of"的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)

I will make a scientist of my son.

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

She is too angry to speak.

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.

"no more…than…"句型

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

"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 .

"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.