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no more...than... (= not...any more than) 和……—樣都不……(表示前后都否定)
例1:The heart is no more intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. 心臟和胃一樣都無智力可言,因為它們都是由大腦控制的。
例2:There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, any more than they can limit how much water you drink.
譯文:他們沒有理由限制你服用多少維他命,就像他們不能限制你喝多少水一樣。
例3:More and more Afro-Americans see him as a tricky enemy who has no more love for them than he has for the Congolese.
譯文:越來越多的美國黑人認(rèn)識到他是個詭計多端的敵人。他仇視美國黑人,正像他仇視剛果人民一樣。(直譯:…,他不愛美國黑人,正像他不愛剛果人一樣。)
注釋:not...any more than是no more...than的一種強(qiáng)調(diào)形式。
例如:
1) Jack is no more intelligent than John. (=Jack is not intelligent any more than John.)
杰克與約翰一樣都不聰明。
2) A man can no more fly than a bird can speak. (=A man cannot fly any more than a bird can speak.) 人不會飛翔,就像鳥不會說話一樣。
3) As a nation, the French are no more eager to 1earn about their wartime failings than are the Japanese. (=As a nation,the French are not eager to learn about their wartime failings any more than are the Japanese.)
作為一個國家,法國正如日本一樣不積極地從他們的戰(zhàn)爭失敗中吸取教訓(xùn)。
上述例句表明,no more...than并不表示比較,而是表示比喻,含有比喻意義的比較級用于否定時,than后面的從句不用否定式,但譯成漢語時要用否定式。而與上述句型意義相反的是:no less...than,意為:“和……同樣是……”。例如:
Human is no less an animal than a monkey is. 人和猴都是動物。
而no less than 的意思為:“簡直是,實在是”,例如:
1) It is no less than blackmail to ask such a high price. 如此索要高價,簡直是敲詐。
2) It is no less than a scandal. 這實在是一件丑聞。
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