M: It's much better to wait until tomorrow to go. Don't you agree?
W: Yes .I couldn't agree more.
Question: What does the woman think?
A: She doesn't agree with the man
B: She thinks that it is better to wait
C: She thinks that it is better to drive at night
D: She doesn't think that the man made a wise decision.
看看,得承认自己在否定关系上还有一定“误区”吧!现在我就为你一一指出: 其实英语中的否定意义并非都是通过我们熟知的no, not, never,
without等直接表达,很多情况下是通过某些词,短语,句型等手段,以肯定形式表达出来。概括起来有以下几种:
1) 含否定意义的副词和形容词,如 no 不 ;not 不 ;never 从来不 ;hardly 几乎不 ;rarely 很少 ;few
没几个 ;seldom 很少 ;scarcely 极少。
2) 用含有否定意义的词缀如un-, im-, in-, ir-, dis-, non-, less等
3) 含有否定意义的动词,动词词组,介词,介词词组,如 fail 失败 ;miss 未打中 ;avoid 避免 ;deny 否认 ;doubt
怀疑 ;anything but 除了 ;instead of 而不是 ;in no case 决不 ;under no circumstance
无论如何都不 ;run out of 缺乏。
4) 另外还有一些结构也是含否定意义的,如too…to (太…以至于不能…); last +名词+动词不定式或从句(决不会)例句He would
be the last man to do such kind of thing .(他决不会干这种事。)
5) 最后一种常考的形式就是双重否定,即一句中出现两次否定形式,如
M: I never drink water without ice.
W: Don't you think that's bad for your stomach?
Q: What would be the woman's advice?
A: Don't use ice cubes
B: Be nice
C: Boil the water first
D: Sorry
第一句中的Never和 without..是典型的双重否定,是说明第一个人习惯是喝加冰的水,下面一句是以Don't you think的否定形式开头,即反意疑问形式,译为"难道。"即后者对这个人的习惯提出反问,反问的内容中有bad一词,很显然第二个人不同意第一个人的生活习惯,也就是不要加冰。答案当然是A了。