Some people think of the storage battery as a sort of condenser where electricity is stored. But this is an entirely wrong conception, the name notwithstanding.

　　37. "Every…not"和"All…not"結構，"Every…not"表示"不見得每個……都是……";"All…not"表示"不見得所有……都是……"的意思。

　　Every man is not polite, and all are not born gentlemen.

　　38. "may as well not…as"結構，此結構可譯為"與其……不如不……"。

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

　　39. "have only to …do"結構，此結構表示"只須(消)……就能……"的意思。

　　We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to see the significance of it.

　　40. "not (no) …unless…"句型

　　No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.

　　41. "better…than…"句型

　　Better my life should be ended by their hate, than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love.

　　42. "as it were"是一個非常常用的插入語，意思是"好象"，"可以說"等。

　　Apiece of iron near a magnet, though apparently separate from it , feels, as it were, the threads of this attachment.

　　43. 復雜結構，在下面例句中，由于anyone的定語從句過長，把謂語must realize提到定語從句之前。

　　Though faith and confidence are surely more or lass foreign to my nature, I do not infrequently find myself looking to them to be able, diligent, candid, and even honest. Plainly enough, that is too large an order, as anyone must realize who reflects upon the manner in which they reach public office.

　　44. "not…any more than…"為："不能……，正如不能……"。

　　One cannot learn to sketch and express himself graphically only by reading about it any more than one can learn to swim while standing by the pool.

　　45. "By that as it may"是"Let it be that as it may"的省略形式，是由"be"引起的另外一種假設結構，意思是"雖然如此，盡管這樣"。

　　It is said that the nerve poison is the more primitive of the two, that the blood poison is, so to speak, a new product from an improved formula. Be that as it may, the nerve poison does its business with man far more quickly than the blood poison.