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. “when”引导状语从句有时并不好译,不能一看到when从句就考虑译为”当……的时候”,它还有许多种译法。
Anything is better than not to write clearly. There is nothing to be said against lucidity, and against simplicity only the possibility of dryness. This is a risk that is well worth taking when you reflect how much better it is to be bold than to wear a curly wig.
10. “not…because…”,有时可否定前面,有时可否定because本身,往往出现歧义。应根据上下文面判定。
In 1600 the earth was not the center of the universe because the majority then supposed it was; nor, because she had more readers, was Ella wheeler Wilcox a better poet than Father Hopkins.
11.”to make…of”的译法(使……成为……,把……当作)
I will make a scientist of my son.
12. oo…+不定式”,not(never)too…+不定式”,”too…not+不定式
She is too angry to speak.