1. It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. 利用詞匯重復表示強調

　　A crime is a crime a crime.

　　5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of" "something of"相當于""， 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前后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"后面的那個名詞。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.

　　7. as…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…"相等于，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.

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

　　13. only (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等字后+"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"都具有最高級比較的意思，"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，在否定詞后面的"but"，具有"which not"，"who not"，"that not"，等等否定意義，構成前后的雙重否定。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"，;seldom"等的后邊所接用的"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.