1、英语四级阅读考试需要掌握的关键句 1. It作先行主语和先行宾语的一些句型 She had said what it was necessary to say. 2. 强调句型 It is not who rules us that is important， but how he rules us. 3. "All+抽象名词"或"抽象名词+itself"（very+形容词） He was all gentleness to her. 4. 利用词汇重复表示强调 A crime is a c
2、rime a crime. 5. "something（much）of"和"nothing（little）of""something of"相当于"to some extent"，表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中，则为"anything of "，可译为"有点"，"略微等。""译为毫无"，"全无"."much of"译为"大有"，"not much of"可译为"算不上"，"称不上"，"little of"可译为"几乎无".something like译为"有点像，略似。" They say that h
3、e had no university education， but he seems to be something of a scholar. 6. 同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物，"of"以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语，以修饰"of"后面的那个名词。如"her old sharper of a father"，可译为："她那骗子般的父亲". Those pigs of girls eat so much. 7. as…as…can（may）be It is as plai
4、n 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，几乎如；实际上，其实，实在。 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
5、"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 11."to make…of"的译法（使……成为……，把……当作） I will make a scientist of my son. 12. oo…+不定式
6、"，not（never）too…+不定式"，"too…not+不定式 She is too angry to speak. 13. 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
7、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 …"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"
8、="without（not）even，"可译为"甚至……还没有". The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it 。 16. "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
