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BEC閱讀需要掌握的關鍵字

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在BEC閱讀中,有一些關鍵字是我們必須要掌握的,大家知道是哪些關鍵字嗎?還不知道的小夥伴們,趕緊來看看吧!

BEC閱讀需要掌握的關鍵字

作先行主語和先行賓語的一些句型

She had said what it was necessary to say.

2.強調句型

It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.

3."All+抽象名詞"或"抽象名詞+itself"(very+形容詞)

He was all gentleness to her.

4.利用詞彙重複表示強調

A crime is a crime a crime.

5."something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of""something of"相當於"to some extent",表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中,則為"anything of ",可譯為"有點","略微等。""譯為毫無","全無"。"much of"譯為"大有","not much of"可譯為"算不上","稱不上","little of"可譯為"幾乎無"。something like譯為"有點像,略似。"

They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.

6.同格名詞修飾是指of前後的兩個名詞都指同一個人或物,"of"以及它前面的名詞構一個形容詞短語,以修飾"of"後面的那個名詞。如"her old sharper of a father",可譯為:"她那騙子般的父親"。

Those pigs of girls eat so much.

…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…"相等於,就像,幾乎如;實際上,其實,實在。

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"可譯為"與其……,不如……,更好","以這樣做……為宜","如同……,也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事,可譯為"猶如……","可與……一樣荒唐","與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。

One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.

11."to make…of"的'譯法(使……成為……,把……當作)

I will make a scientist of my son.

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

She is too angry to speak.

(not, all, but, never) too …to do so "和"too ready (apt) + to do"結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義,凡是"not","all""but等字後+"too…to,"不定式都失去了否定意義,在"too ready(apt) +to do"結構中,不定式也沒有否定意義。

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 …"結構,"not so much…as"="not so much as …",其中as有進可換用but rather,可譯為:"與其說是……毋須說是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even,"可譯為"甚至……還沒有"。

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

16."Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"結構,"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so …as"都具有最高階比較的意思,"Nothing I"可換用"no","nobody","nowhere","little","few","hardly","scarcely"等等,可譯為"沒有……比……更為","像……再沒有了","最……"等。

Nothing is more precious than time.

17."cannot…too…"結構,"cannot…too…"意為"It is impossible to overdo…"或者,即"無論怎樣……也不算過分"。"not"可換用"hardly","scarcely"等,"too"可換用"enough","sufficient"等

You cannot be too careful.

18."否定+but "結構,在否定詞後面的"but",具有"which not","who not","that not",等等否定意義,構成前後的雙重否定。可譯成"沒有……不是"或"……都……"等

Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.

19."否定+until (till)"結構,在否定詞"no","not","never","little","few","seldom"等的後邊所接用的"until/till",多數情況下譯為"直到……才……","要……才……",把否定譯為肯定。

Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.

20."not so…but"和"not such a …but"結構,這兩個結構和"否定+but"的結構差不多,不同之點是這兩個結構中的"but"是含有"that…not"意味的連續詞,表示程度。可譯為"還沒有……到不能做……的程度","並不是……不……","無論怎樣……也不是不能……"等。

He is not so sick but he can come to school.