延续否定则是一个否定概念在句中得到多次重复(用相同方式或不同方式)。其目的是为了更明确地表达 否定意思,它既不是双重否定,也不是重复否定。在否定句后加一些具体的内容加以否定,以补充强调前面的否定。它有三种表达形式: (1) 一个或多个意义相近的否定词,在句中重复出现。 Oh,not now,not now. None of them is not ready;not one. (2) 在否定句后,延续否定词放在一个状语短语或状语从句前。 He wouldn't come to your house,not even the king himself should ask him to. I begged him not marry the girl yet……not at least until he had known her for a longer time . (3) 有时延续否定词也放在另一个句子里,用两个否定句来否定同一个对象。 I haven't taken your umbrella;nor have I seen it. We don't like idling.We never will. 从以上对英语各类否定的对比中,可以看出英语否定意义与表达形式的多样性与复杂性。因此,我们在英 语学习中,对否定语句的理解不能停留在表层结构而望文生义,应该根据英语否定意义及其表达形式的规律,从深层把握其确切含意。 |