1、It作先行主語和先行賓語的一些句型

She had said what it was necessary to say.

2、強調(diào)句型

It is not who rules us that is important，but how he rules us.

3、“All+抽象名詞”或“抽象名詞+itself”(very+形容詞)

He was all gentleness to her.

4、利用詞匯重復(fù)表示強調(diào)

A crime is a crime a crime.

5、“something(much)of”和“nothing(little)of” “something of”相當(dāng)于“to some extent”，表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中，則為“anything of ”，可譯為“有點”，“略微”等。譯為“毫無”，“全無”。much of譯為“大有”，not much of可譯為“算不上”，“稱不上”，little of可譯為“幾乎無”，something like譯為“有點像，略似”。

They say that he had no university education，but he seems to be something of a scholar.

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)成一個形容詞短語，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;實際上，其實，實在。

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.