eg. No one can command others who cannot command himself.
A perpson can command others who command himself. 正人先正己。
eg. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they can not fully participate in our democracy.
eg. A man can never have too many ties. 一个男人可以拥有很多的领带。
A woman can never have too many dresses. 一个女人拥有再多的衣服也不为过。
eg. We can hardly praise his achievement too much. 对他的成就我们无论怎样赞扬也不过分。
eg. A mother can never be patient enough with her child. 一个母亲对她的孩子再怎
么耐心也不为过。
A teacher can never be strict enough with his students. 一个老师对他的学生再怎么严格也不为过。
这种形式主要运用于阅读当中。
副标题#e#
3. 形式肯定，意义否定
①more A than B 意思为“是A 不是B ;与其说是B ，不如说是A”
eg. The book seems to be more a dictionary than a grammar. 这本书看起来与其说是一本语法书，不如说是一本词典。
He is more a composer than a singer. 与其说他是一个歌唱家不如说他是一个创作者。
② anything but 意思为“一点都不是，根本不是，绝对不是”
eg. I am anything but a teacher. 我一定不是一个老师。
eg. I will do anything but that. 我决不干那件事。
③ no more .... than与 not more ....than
no more ...than意为“两者都不....”
eg. This book is no more interesting than thay one. 这本书和那本书一样特别没趣。
not more....than 意为“两者都肯定，前者不如后者”
eg. This book is not more interesting than that one. 这本书不如那本书有趣。
eg. This boy is not more honest than that one. 这两男孩都很诚实，前面的男孩不如后面的男孩诚实。
This boy is no more honest than that one. 这两个男孩都不诚实。
④ no more than与 not more than
no more than 强调“少”，译作“只有、不过、仅仅”
eg. He said no more than we had expected. 他只是说了我们所预料的而已。
eg. Though they think it takes no more than three days to fulfill the mission, I believe it takes not less than six days. 虽然他们认为完成这任务只需三天，但我却认为至少需要六天。
not more than 是客观叙述，意为“不超过”。
eg. He has not more than five dollars on him. 他身上带的钱不超过五美元。
eg. He is not more than 10 years old. 他最多不超过10岁。
实例练习
1.
M: Wow, that's a big assignment we've got for the psychology class. W: Well , it's not as bad as it looks. It isn't due until Thursday morning. Q: What does the women mean?。
A. The assignment looks easy but actually it's quite difficult.
B. The assighment is too difficult for them to complete on time. C. They cannot finish the assighment until Thursday. D.They have plenty of time to work on the assighment.
2.
M: I ran into our friend Mark yesterday on the street and he said he hadn't heard from you for two months.
W: Yes, I know. But I've been too busy to phone him.
Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
A. The man saw Mark on the street two months ago. B. The woman had forgotten Mark's phone number. C. The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday. D.Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some time.
阅读当中： eg. Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too wague or too misleading to meet ISO standards.(0506阅读)
eg. "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." said Dr.Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body.(0512阅读)
人们不应该躲避压力就像他们不应该躲避食物、爱情或锻炼身体一样， no more .... than...= not....any more than...
eg. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America.(0606阅读)
这些被捕获的人绝对不是恐怖分子，他们之中大多数人只是中南美洲的非法移民。
eg. Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America's energy problems.(0506阅读)
