②There’s nobody here other than me.這個地方除了我之外,就沒有人。
2. would rather than和would rather to
這兩個詞組雖然只有一詞只差,但意義卻完全不同。would rather than是“會,而不是”的含義,而would rather to則是“寧愿”的含義。比如:
①I would rather die than marry you. 我寧愿死也不會嫁給你。
②I would rather die to marry you.我寧愿死也要嫁給你。
3. less A more B
遇到這一句型短語,我們只要要記住一點就行了,即跟在less后面的就是否定的對象,跟在more后面的是肯定的對象。所以,less A more B就是否定的A,肯定的B,即“與其說A,不如說B”這個含義。如:
Interest in historical methods has arisen less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves.對歷史方法的興趣,與其說是起源于對歷史有效性的外部挑戰,倒不如說是起源于歷史學家們內部的爭論。
4. not more than和not less than
not more than 通常用于數詞之前,意為“至多;頂多;不超過”,其意義與at most相同。not less than 意為“不少于、至少”,意思同at least相近。例句:
①On the ground lay a peasant boy of not more than seventeen. 地上躺著一個不超過17歲的農家小男孩。
②Our school has not less than three thousand students. 我們學校的學生不少于3000人。