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。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……，也以……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.
11、to make…of的译法(使……成为……，把……当作)，I will make a scientist of my son.
12、not(never)too…+不定式，too…not+不定式，She is too angry to speak.
13、only(not、all、but、never)too …to do so和too ready (apt) + to
do结构中，不定式也没有否定意义，凡是not，all、but等字后+too…to，不定式都失去了否定意义，在too ready(apt) +to
do结构中，不定式也没有否定意义。You know but too yell to hold your tongue.
14、no more …than…句型：A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
15、not so much…as和not so much as …结构，not so much…as=not so much as …，其中as有进可换用but rather，可译为：与其说是……毋须说是……。而not so much as=without(not)even，可译为甚至……还没有。The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
16、Nothing is more…than和Nothing is so …as结构，Nothing is more…than和Nothing is so …as都具有最高级比较的意思，Nothing I可换用no、nobody、nowhere、little、few、hardly、scarcely等等，可译为没有……比……更为，像……再没有了，最……等。Nothing is more precious than time.
17、cannot…too…结构：cannot…too…意为It is impossible to overdo…或者，即无论怎样……也不算过分。not可换用hardly、scarcely等，too可换用enough、sufficient等。You cannot be too careful.
18、否定+but结构，在否定词后面的but，具有which not、who not、that not，等等否定意义，构成前后的双重否定。可译成没有……不是或……都……等。Nothing is so bad but it might have been worse.
19、否定+until (till)结构，在否定词no、not、never、little、few、seldom等的后边所接用的until/till，多数情况下译为直到……才……，要……才……，把否定译为肯定。Nobody knows what he can do till he has tried.
20、not so…but和not such a …but结构，这两个结构和否定+but的结构差不多，不同之点是这两个结构中的but是含有that…not意味的连续词，表示程度。可译为还没有……到不能做……的程度，并不是……不……，无论怎样……也不是不能……等。He is not so sick but he can come to school.
21、疑问词+should…but结构，这个结构表示过去的意外的事，意为none…but，可译为除了……还有谁会……，岂料，想不到……竟是……等。Who should write it but himself?
22、who knows but(that)…和who could should…but结构，这个结构是反问形式，一般意译为多半，亦未可知等等，有时也可直译。Who knows but (that) he may go?
23、祈使句+and和祈使句+or结构，祈使句+and表示If…you…，祈使名+or表示if…not…,you。Add love to a house and you have a home. Aad righteousness to a city and you have a community.
Aad truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school.