补充知识:
1. 如何区分It is型谚语和强调句型?
强调句型几乎不用It is a,一般都是it is加上相对具体的概念,比如it is high time, it is certain等等,而不定冠词a几乎是英谚所独有,表达的是普遍真理;另外英谚句中一定有一个形容词在修饰着一个名词。谚语It is结构相当于There is hardly。
e.g. It is a wise father that knows his son. 再聪明的父亲也有不理解自己儿子的时候。
2. 英语中含有否定或半否定的词汇和短语
1) 动词:refuse, miss, deny, forbid, avoid, doubt, escape, fail, wonder, refrain, reject, except等;
2) 名词:
failure, ignorance, denial, neglect, anxiety, absence, exclusion, naught, zero等;
3) 形容词:absent, empty, rare, blind, ignorant, disastrous, fluid, thin, final, poor, open, hard, far from, free from, short of 等;
4) 副词:seldom, hardly, barely, scarcely, rarely, little, otherwise, too...to等;
5) 介词:above, against, beyond, past, in place of等;
6) 连词:before, unless, till, or rather 等。
译者可充分利用,以使译文符合英语习惯,并使句子结构多样化。
e.g. 我们关切地注视着动荡不定的局势。
e.g. 我根本不知道他会遇到什么麻烦。
e.g. 这不合我的口味。
e.g. 那些黑人挣到的钱几乎不够养家糊口。
e.g. Still he failed to understand me.
e.g. Unless we grasp this point we shall never be able to acquire even elementary knowledge.

