知识点:英语中的半否定句式
英语中的部分否定(即不完全否定)有如下一些表示方法:
all 的否定式:
not all…(或:all…not)表示并非都……、不是所有的都……
例如:
- Not all men can be masters. (= All men cannot be masters.) 并非人人都能当头头。
- Not all bamboo grows tall. 并非所有的竹子都会长很高。
both 的否定式:
not…both (或:both… not) 表示并非两个……都……
例如:
- I don’t want both the books. 我不是两本书都要。
- Both (the) windows are not open. 两扇窗子并不都开着。
every…的否定式:
not…every(或:every…not)表示不是每……都……
例如:
- Not every book is educative. (或:Every book is not educative.) 不是每本书都有教育意义的。
- Not everyone likes this book. 并非人人都喜欢这本书。
- This flower is not seen everywhere. 这花并不是随处可见的。
always的否定式:
并非总是(并非一直)……
*例如: He is not always so sad. 他并不是一直都这样悲伤。
entirely, altogether, completely 和quite 的否定式:
不完全……,并非完全……
- 例如: The businessman is never to be entirely trusted. 不可以完全信任商人。
- He felt not altogether satisfied. 他并不完全满意。
- I don’t agree completely. 我并不完全同意。
- What he did was not quite proper. 他做的不十分妥当。
all the time 的否定式:
并非一直……、未必老是……
- 例如: A foolish man doesn’t make a mistake all the time. 笨人未必老是犯错误。
not…and…的否定式:
被否定的往往是and后面的那一部分。
例如:
- He did not speak clearly or correctly. 他讲的既不清楚也不正确。
如要对上述的all, both, every, always, 以及entirely, altogether, completely, quite 和 all the time 等词作完全否定,那就分别要用与之相对应的全否定词,
如no, none, neither, no one, never, not (never)… at all 等。
例如:
- All of them can do it.— None of them can do it.
- Both are good.—Neither is good.
- Everybody likes it. —Nobody likes it.
- He is always late. — He is never late.
- We don\t trust them entirely.