B:I couldn't recite either this poem or this story. 3.特指否定与一般否定的某些混合与交替现象 有些句子形式上是特指否定,可是意思上却是一般否定。例如: Oliver stopped to make no reply.(=Oliver did not stop to make a (any)reply.) 相反,有时形式上虽是一般否定,但意思上却是特指否定。例如: He did not come to work by bus.(=He came to work not by bus.) 应当说明,这类句子用一般否定是正常的,特指否定常常只有在对照时才使用: He came to work not by bus,but on foot. 二、完全否定与部分否定 在英语中,根据否定的程度大小,可确定其是完全否定,还是部分否定。 1.完全否定是百分之百地否认一个事物的存在、成立或真实性。表示完全否定的否定词有no,not,nothing,nobody,none,nowhere,never,neither,nor,nowise等,例如: Nothing ever pleases her. My pen is nowhere to be seen.用not+any/anyone/anybody/anything/anywhere/either 或not+half也可表示完全否定(=not at all),通常在口语中使用。例如: I don't like either of the films. |