英语四级翻译经典必背句型

　　1. It is + 形容词 + that

　　【例句】________________(可想而知)that knowledge plays an important role in our life.

　　【答案】It is conceivable

　　2. It is+形容词+to do/ doing

　　【例句】She had said what ________________(一切有必要说的话).

　　【答案】it was necessary to say

　　3. 倍数词+ more +名词/形容词+than

　　【例句】Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ________________(比死于车祸的人多七倍) each year.

　　【答案】seven times more people than automobile accidents

　　4.(not)as/ so… as 和……(不)一样

　　【例句】The environmental problems ________________(没有他们在报告中说得那么严重).

　　【答案】are not as serious as they suggested in their report

　　5. no more…than 与……一样不

　　【例句】She ________________(也同样不宜当经理) a schoolgirl would be.

　　【答案】is no more fit to be a manager than

　　6. Nothing is more…than 没有比……更……的;……是最……的

　　【例句】________________(没有比……更重要) to receive education.

　　【答案】Nothing is more important than

　　7. 感官动词+of+名词

　　【例句】They hurriedly escaped into ________________(充满恐怖气氛的山洞).

　　【答案】a cave that smelt of terror

　　8. without/ not so much as 甚至没有

　　【例句】Disappointed with her husband，Mary left home ________________(甚至都没有回头看他一眼).

　　【答案】without so much as looking back at him

　　9. only to find/ see 结果却;没想到会

　　【例句】He spent almost all his money to buy the hen which was said to be able to lay goldeggs, ________________(没想到这只鸡根本不会下蛋).

　　【答案】only to find it could not lay eggs at all

　　10. It is undoubted that/ There is no doubt that 毫无疑问，……

　　【例句】________________(毫无疑问) war can be avoided if we get down to peace talk.

　　【答案】There is no doubt that

　　11. rather than 而不是……

　　【例句】________________(与其追求金钱的享乐)，we should focus on the improvement ofourselves.

　　【答案】Rather than pursue money to achieve happiness

　　12.(The)chances are that 很可能……

　　【例句】________________(她很可能已经知道了), and there is no need for us to keep thesecret.

　　【答案】Chances are that she has already known it

　　13. It occurred to sb. that 突然想到……

　　【例句】________________(玛丽从来没有想到)she would become a princess someday.

　　【答案】It had never occurred to Marry

　　14. not… but… 不是……而是……

　　【例句】To our disappointment, ________________(这个计划带来的不是进步而是破坏).

　　【答案】the plan caused not development but destruction

　　15. When it comes to… 提及，当提到……的时候

　　【例句】________________(谈到物理学), I know nothing.

　　【答案】When it comes to physics

　　16. be not much of a… 是个不太好的……

　　【例句】________________(迈克不是个好老师) for he often skips from one subject toanother.

　　【答案】Mike is not much of a teacher