6. 同格名詞修飾是指of前后的兩個名詞都指同一個人或物,“of”以及它前面的名詞構(gòu)一個形容詞短語,以修飾“of”后面的那個名詞。如“her old sharper of a father”,可譯為:“她那騙子般的父親”。
Those pigs of girls eat so much.
7. as…as…can(may)be
It is as plain 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,幾乎如;實(shí)際上,其實(shí),實(shí)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”可譯為“與其……,不如……,更好”,“以這樣做……為宜”,“如同……,也可以……”等等!癿ight as well…as”表示不可能的事,可譯為“猶如……”,“可與……一樣荒唐”,“與其那樣不如這樣的好”等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.