1. It作先行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 ”，可译为“有点”，“略微等。”译为毫无“，”全无“。”much of“译为”大有“，”not much of“可译为”算不上“，”称不上“，”little of“可译为”几乎无“。something like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”以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语，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