英语四级写作部分句型

The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him

2. 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.

3. so that, such that 是一个普通的句型，但在同一个句子里有两处使用它却比较少见。

The truth is, that in one point of view, this matter of national literature has come to such a pass with us, that in some sense we must turn bullies, else the day is lost, or superiority so far beyond us, that we can hardly say it will ever be ours.

4. by doing 结构。这个结构的意思是 通过(做) ，但翻译实践中不能拘泥于这种释义，不少情况下需要灵活变通。

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 thing like译为 有点像，略似。