2013年12月四级考试语法：否定_第2页

　　③ no more .... than与 not more ....than

　　no more ...than意为“两者都不....”

　　eg. This book is no more interesting than thay one. 这本书和那本书一样特别没趣。

　　not more....than 意为“两者都肯定，前者不如后者”

　　eg. This book is not more interesting than that one. 这本书不如那本书有趣。

　　eg. This boy is not more honest than that one. 这两男孩都很诚实，前面的男孩不如后面的男孩诚实。

　　This boy is no more honest than that one. 这两个男孩都不诚实。

　　④ no more than与 not more than

　　no more than 强调“少”，译作“只有、不过、仅仅”

　　eg. He said no more than we had expected. 他只是说了我们所预料的而已。

　　eg. Though they think it takes no more than three days to fulfill the mission, I believe it takes not less than six days. 虽然他们认为完成这任务只需三天，但我却认为至少需要六天。

　　not more than 是客观叙述，意为“不超过”。

　　eg. He has not more than five dollars on him. 他身上带的钱不超过五美元。

　　eg. He is not more than 10 years old. 他最多不超过10岁。

　　实例练习

　　1.

　　M: Wow, that's a big assignment we've got for the psychology class. W: Well , it's not as bad as it looks. It isn't due until Thursday morning. Q: What does the women mean?。

　　A. The assignment looks easy but actually it's quite difficult.

　　B. The assighment is too difficult for them to complete on time. C. They cannot finish the assighment until Thursday. D.They have plenty of time to work on the assighment.

　　2.

　　M: I ran into our friend Mark yesterday on the street and he said he hadn't heard from you for two months.

　　W: Yes, I know. But I've been too busy to phone him.

　　Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

　　A. The man saw Mark on the street two months ago. B. The woman had forgotten Mark's phone number. C. The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday. D.Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some time.

　　阅读当中： eg. Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too wague or too misleading to meet ISO standards.(0506阅读)

　　调查者将约2，000种产品上所标有的环保声明记录了下来，发现许多声明要么过于模糊，要么误导性太强，都不符合ISO 标准。

　　eg. "Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise." said Dr.Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body.(0512阅读)

　　人们不应该躲避压力就像他们不应该躲避食物、爱情或锻炼身体一样， no more .... than...= not....any more than...

　　eg. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America.(0606阅读)

　　这些被捕获的人绝对不是恐怖分子，他们之中大多数人只是中南美洲的非法移民。

　　eg. Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America's energy problems.(0506阅读)

　　国家资源防御委员会坚信政府勘探预测中数据的下限，认为在ANWR的沿岸平原地带可以经济性开采的石油只有32亿桶。这个数量对于缓解美国的能源问题实际上起不到什么作用，简直是沧海一粟。

　　总结：

　　1.部分否定

　　2.全部否定

　　3. 双重否定：①在一个句子中出现两个否定词;②形式否定，意义肯定

　　4. 形式肯定，意义否定

　　5. no more .... than与 not more ....than ;no more than与 not more than