样一种结构，构成间接肯定。更明确地说，就是在某些词前

加一个否定词 来达到强烈的间接肯定。

间接肯定给人的印象

往往比直接肯定更 深刻一些，因此，它能广泛地用于文学作

品和政论文中。

As lean was his horse as is a rake,

And he was not right fat.

I undertake. ( G.

Chaucer )

他的马瘦得像钉钯，骨骼清晰，

而他也不那么胖

我敢担保，真的不胖。

*

此例中，

马瘦骨嶙峋，

人也骨瘦如柴，

但不直接说

he

was

lean

而用曲言

he was not right fat,

文字表述就多一点变

换，

这样就给读者留下了多一点的想象空间并增加了一点幽

默感。

Who can not rely on such an honest man?

谁能不信任这样一个正直的人

?

*

这句话的意思是

Everybody

can

rely

on

such

an

honest

man.

谁都能信任这样一个正直的人。用否定的形式来表达

肯定的内容，语气就更为强烈。反抑为褒，给人印象深刻。

The face wasn

’

t a bad one: it had what they called

charm. ( John Galsworthy )

这张脸不算难看，它有着人们所说的妩媚。

He is no fool. ( He is wise. )

他一点也不傻。

He is no more opponent in the coming debate. ( He

is a worthy opponent. )

在即将来临的辩论中，他不仅仅是位反对派。

It is not a disagreeable thing to be rich. ( It is

agreeable to be rich. )

富有不是一桩不光彩的事情。

There is never a week without his finding faults

with me.

他从来没有一个星期不找我的岔子的。

There

isn

’

t

a

weapon

he

doesn

’

t

know

the

use

of.

( Lady Gregory )

( He knows the use of all weapon. )

他什么武器都会使用。

…

and

after

we

reached

high

ground

there

was

no

lack

of fine scenery.

( Mark Twain: A Tramp

Abroad )

…我们到达高地，这里不乏其美景。

He has no small (=a great )chance of success.

他的成功机会不小。

Similar mistakes are not uncommon.

类似的错误并非少见。

There is no rule without exception.

任何规则都有例外。

We

can

’

t

serve

the

people

well

without

high

political consciousness.

没有很高的政治觉悟，我们就不能很好地为人民服务。

He was no mean (= a very good ) orator.

他是一位很出色的演说家。

This problem is not above us.

这个问题难不住我们。

A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be

good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get

rid of it too early.

一本书可以比作邻居。如果是好的，结识越久越好；如

果是坏的，分手越早越好。

“

Don

’

t

you

figure

out that

I

might

have

had

something to do with it?

”

said Soapy, not without

sarcasm,

but

friendly,

as

one

greets

fortune.

( O. Henry: The Cop and the Anthem )

“你算不到我同这件事有点关系吧。

< br>”苏比说，不无讽

刺意味，可是态度和气，像是要交好运的人。

< br>

I

see

myself,

with

Agnes

at

my

side

journeying

along

the road of life. I see our children and our friends

around us; and I hear the roar of many voices,

not

indifferent to me as I travel on.

(

Charles

Dickens:

David

Copperfield )

我看见我自己与阿格尼丝在人生道路上并肩旅行。

我看

见我们 的孩子和朋友们围绕在我俩身边；

我也听见当我前进

时许多人对 我还不算冷淡的响亮评论。

In India, not a year passes without a number of

people falling victims to the ferocity of the tiger.

印度每年必有多人死于虎患。

I am not quite too late, I see.

我知道，我来得还不算很晚。

I couldn

’

t be more happier. (= I

’

m very happy.)

我幸福极了。

We should choose none but the best.

我们应该只挑最好的。

None but fools have ever believed it.

只有傻瓜才相信。

She writes rather too often to her mother.

她经常给她母亲写信。

I am not too sure.

我不敢过分肯定。

I have never committed one act that was not in the

interests of my people. ( W. Epton )

我还从来没有做过一件不是有利于人民的事。

Bassanio,

in

his

grief,

replied

that

there

was

nothing he could not sacrifice. ( Ch. Lamb )

巴莎尼奥非悲痛地答应说，他没有什么不可以牺牲的。

He was never dissatisfied with my work.

他从来没有对我的工作不满意。

She

is

not

unhappy

(=

very

happy)

in

her

present

post.

( J. B. Heaton & J.P. Stocks )

她对目前的职位并不是不满意。

There

are

no

difficulties

that

are

insurmountable.

天下无难事。

We are not careless of our political study.

我们对政治学习不是不关心的。

Without honesty

nothing can be achieved in the

world.

不认真就会一事无成。

No one is free from faults.

人非圣贤，孰能无过。

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