1)It作先行词主语和先行宾语的一些句型
She had said what it was necessary to say.
2)强调句型
It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.
3)“All+抽象名词”或“抽象名词+itself ” (very+形容词)
He was all gentleness to her.
4)利用词汇重复表示强调
A crime is a crime a crime.
5)"something(much) of"和“nothing (little) of ” "something of" 相当于" to some extent ",表示程度。在疑问句或条件从句中,则为"anything of",可翻译为“有点”,“略微”等。“much of”翻译为“大有”,“not much of”可翻译为“算不上”,“称不上”,“little of”可翻译为“几乎无”。“something like”可翻译为“有点像,略似”。
They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.
6)同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物,“of”以及它前面的名称构成一个形容词短语,以修饰 “of” 后面的那个名词。如“her old sharper of a father”,可翻译为:“她那骗子般的父亲”。
Those pigs of girls eat so much.
7)as...as...can(may) be
It is as plain as plain can be.
8)"It is in (with)...as in (with)"
It is in life as in a journey.
9)"as good as..."相等于,就像,几乎如;实际上,其实,实在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
10)"many as well ...as"和“might as well as” "many as well ...as可翻译为“与其...,不如...,更好”,“以这样做...为宜”,“如同...,也可以...”等等。"might as well ...as"表示不可能的事,可翻译为“犹如...”,“可与...一样荒唐”,“与其那样不如这样的好”等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.