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GRAMMAR(2)
表达否定意义的词或词组
教材示例
分析下列句中的加黑部分,体会并写出它们的语法功能
①Most people now have no intention of following in their parents' footsteps or even staying at one job for very long.
②In fact, planning to work in the same field or industry for your entire working life just isn't practical anymore.
③The skills you have now are unlikely to remain relevant and be enough to help you through your entire career.
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④You might be able to keep your job if you finish what you are asked to do, but this is hardly a recipe for great career success.
⑤Lifetime security from one employer is no longer certain or even likely.
我的发现
1.以上例句中黑体部分在句中具有否定意义。
2.一些单词加否定意义的前缀构成否定,如句③。
3.一些词本身具有否定意义,如句④和句⑤。
考点1 英语中否定含义的表达形式多种多样,可以用not, no, never, none, nobody, nothing, nowhere等否定词来表达否定意义。
Not many volunteers came to their rescue.
来帮助他们的志愿者不是很多。
I won't go to the party unless invited.
除非被邀请,否则我不会去参加聚会的。
◎即学即练1——选词填空/用否定词翻译句子
①He did not compromise easily, but was willing to accept any constructive advice for a worthy cause.(not/no)
②My brother would like to buy a good watch but none was available from that shop.(nothing/none)
③没人同意这个建议。
No one agrees to the suggestion.
④什么也改变不了我的主意。
Nothing can change my mind.
⑤我从来都没有见过他。
I have never seen him.
考点2 可以用hardly, scarcely, seldom, little, few等半否定词来表达否定意义。
Now she hardly had strength to open the carriage door.
此刻她几乎没有力气打开车厢的门。
Unfortunately, very few people have played in this space.
遗憾的是,只有极少数的人涉足这个领域。
◎即学即练2——选词填空(little, hardly, seldom, few)
①He would hardly recognize his hometown if he saw it now.
②I have so few friends in the new school that I dislike studying there.
③Seldom have they played video games ever since they entered college.
④There is little cooking oil left in the house. Would you go and get some?
考点3 可以用含否定意义的前缀a-,ab-,an-,de-,dis-,il-,im-,in-,ir-,non-,un-,under-等构成的词表达否定意义;也可以用后缀-less, -free, -proof等构成的词表达否定意义。
Today it is impossible to cure cancer completely.
目前要完全治愈癌症是不可能的。
Second, it is also useless to worry about the future.
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