2011年12月英语四级冲刺：翻译必背句型

　　大学四级考试临近，考生的准备工作也已接近尾声。最后的这几天考生要注重查缺补漏，在这里我们重点来说下大学四级中的翻译题。
　　翻译题所占分值为5℅，由5个句子组成，每句话都由一部分汉语和一部分英语构成，要求考生将其中的汉语部分翻译成英语，与所给英语部分构成一个完整的句子。抓住所要翻译内容的主干，然后在此基础添加句子的其他成分，句子既成。下面我们一起看一下，支撑整个翻译内容的重点句型。
　　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 gold eggs, ________________(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 of ourselves.
　　【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 the secret.
　　【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】________________(麦克不是个好老师) for he often skips from one subject to another.
　　【答案】Mike is not much of a teacher

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