2012年MBA考試英語翻譯短語及句型(7)

　　nothing else than 完全是，實在是

　　例1： What the man said was nothing else than nonsense.

　　譯文：那人講的話完全是一派胡言。

　　例2： Your success was due to nothing else than your own diligence.

　　譯文：你的成功完全是由于你自己的勤奮。

　　It is not that.。.but that.。. 這不是說……，而是說……

　　例1： It is not that the scales in the one case， and the balance in the other， differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former.

　　譯文：這并不是說在一種情況下所使用的磅秤和另一種情況下所用的天平在構造原理上或工作方式上存在差別，而是說與前者相比，后者是一種更精密得多的裝置，因而在計量上必然更加準確。

　　can not.。.too.。. 再……也不過分

　　例1： We cannot be too careful of health. 我們無論如何注意健康也不為過。

　　例2： You cannot be too careful when you drive a car. 你開車時再小心也不過分。

　　例3： We can not be too faithful to our duties. 我們必須盡力忠于職守。

　　other.。.than.。. 或other than.。. 不同于，非;除了

　　例l： Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries other than those in which the crude ores are mined.

　　譯文：提煉礦石的廠房通常不是設在采礦石的國家而設在其它國家。

　　例2： Reactions other than the desired one often occur when reactants are brought together.

　　譯文：當這些反應物放在一起時，常發生不希望有的一些反應。(即：…常發生與希望有的反應不同的反應。)

　　例3： All parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition.

　　譯文：除了窗之外，屋子的其它部分都完好無損。