21 Would sooner(rather)…than/ would as soon…as I would sooner die at once than live in this agony. 与其在痛苦中生存不如马上死去

22 No sooner…than/ hardly… when I had no sooner opened the cage than out flew the little bird. 我一开鸟笼小鸟就飞出去了

23 Anything but/ nothing but/ all but He is anything but a scientist. 他绝对不是科学家I am nothing but a student. 我不过是个学生而已He is all but a fool. 他几乎是个傻子

24 Short of/ be short of/ nothing short of The result fell short of my expectation. 结果出乎我的预料The result was nothing short of my expectation. 结果正如我的预料

25 Ever so Thank you ever so much for your kindness. 真谢谢你的帮忙

26 To one’s感情名词/ to the 感情名词of To my disappointment, I found that he had left this country. 听说他已出国我很惆怅

27 As…as He is as cunning as you are clever. 他很狡猾正如你很聪明一样

28 As…as any/ever His trust in his friend was as firm as ever. 他对朋友的信任一直很坚定He is as diligent a man as ever lived. 他为人勤勉不让古今之人

29 As…as…can be You are as wrong as wrong can be. 你大错特错

30 As … , so … As fire tries gold, so does adversity try courage. 真金不怕火炼逆境方见胆识

31 It is in … as in / it is with … as with It is with a machine as with a child that must always be taken care of. 机器如同小孩一样需要时时加以照顾It is with women as with flowers. 女性美如花It is in mind as in body which must be nourished by good food. 精神和身体都必须有好的食物来营养

32 As much / as many / like so many I found ten misprints in as many pages. 我在十页中发现了十个错误You have made two blunders in as many minutes. 你两分钟内就犯了两次大错I was not in the least surprised, for I had expected as much. 我一点页不吃惊因为我早预料到会有这样的事

33 As good/well as Men should be gentle as well as brave and women brave as well as gentle. 男人应该既勇敢又温柔女人应该既温柔又勇敢

34 句首/句尾的as it is We hoped things would get better, but as it is they are getting worse. 我们原指望事态好转可实际上却更糟了

35 过去分词+as it is / 现在分词+as it does Written as it is in good English, this book is recommendable to all. 这本书用漂亮的英文写的值得向大家推荐

36 名词等+as+主语+动词Woman as she is, she was brave. 她虽为女人却相当勇敢Teacher as he is, he explains it very clearly. 因为他是老师所以解释得很清楚Struggle as we may, we can never be completely satisfied. 尽管我们奋斗我们决不会完全满足

37 It动词不定式It is easy to learn English, but it is difficult to attain perfection in it. 英语学起来容易不过难于精通

38 Itfor动词不定式It is an evil thing for a man to have suspicion. 人疑心是件坏事

39 It动名词It is no use my arguing with you. 我用不着更你争论

40 It从句It is your own concern whether you believe me or not. 信不信你是你自己的事I took it for granted that he would not come. 我认为他不会来