1 No more/less … thanno more than=only The number of the students is not/no less than 1000. 至少/多达You can no more swim than I can fly.

2 Not so much … as His success is not so much by talent as by energy. He did not so much as turn his face. 他甚至连头也没有回一下There is nothing in the world that I like so much as music. 世界上再没有什么比音乐我更爱好的了

3 Nothing is more … than; nothing is so … as Nothing is more valuable than health.

4 Cannot … too You cannot be too careful. The importance of scientific study cannot be overvalued. 科学研究的重要性无论如何估计也不会过高

5 否定without One cannot succeed without perseverance. 人无毅力不能成事No gains without pains. 无不劳而获者

6 否定but There is no rule but has exceptions. 没有规则没有例外but表示否定that does not

7 否定until(till) Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried. 任何人只有试过后才知道能做什么

8 Not so … but ; not such a … but No man is so old but (that) he may learn. 活到老学到老

9 否定because You should not despite a man because he is poor.不要因为别人穷就轻蔑他

10 Not that … but that It is not that I am unwilling but that I have no time不是因为我不愿意而是因为我无时间

11 否定every(all, both, always, quite) Every man cannot be rich, but every man can be a gentleman.不见得人人都能致富但人人都能成为君子

12 Forthe动名词You can have it for the asking. 先说一声就可以

13 Above动名词He is above telling a lie.他决不肯撒谎

14 Far from动名词His explanation is far from (being) satisfactory. 他的说明决不能令人满意

15 The比较级理由We should not think the worse of a man because he is ill-dressed. 我们不能因为一个人穿着不好而藐视他It is none the less true because it sounds strange. 听起来很怪那却是真的

16 The last动词不定式/定语从句Romantic is the last thing I am. 我是最不浪漫的人

17 比较级than / more原级than He is more dead than alive. 与其说他活着不如说他死了He is more shy than unsociable. 他是害羞不是不爱社交

18 More…than+can The beauty of the place is more than I can describe. 那地方景色之美非笔墨能形容How he manages to live is more than I can tell. 我简直猜不出他是怎么样生活的

19 Less…than You are more of a scholar than he is, but you have got less common sense. 作为学者你胜过他不过你的常识不如他

20 Much more/less I like music, much more dancing. 我喜欢音乐更喜欢跳舞I don’t like music, much less dancing. 我不喜欢音乐更不喜欢跳舞No other country accepted the proposal, much less acted upon it. 没有其他国家接受那个题案更没有哪个国家采取行动