as good as…"相等于，就像，幾乎如;實際上，其實，實在。

The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.

"may as well…as"和"might as well…as"　"may as well…as"可譯為"與其……，不如……，更好"，"以這樣做……為宜"，"如同……，也可以……"等等。"might as well…as"表示不可能的事，可譯為"猶如……"，"可與……一樣荒唐"，"與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。

One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.

"to make…of"的譯法(使……成為……，把……當作)

I will make a scientist of my son.

too…+不定式"，not(never)too…+不定式"，"too…not+不定式

She is too angry to speak.

only(not, all, but, never)　too…to do so　"和"too ready (apt)+to do"結構中，不定式也沒有否定意義，凡是"not"，"all""but等字后+"too…to，"不定式都失去了否定意義，在"too ready(apt)+to do"結構中，不定式也沒有否定意義。

You know but too yell to hold your tongue.

"no more…than…"句型

A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

"not so much…as"和"not so much as…"結構，"not so much…as"="not so much as…"，其中as有進可換用but rather，可譯為："與其說是……毋須說是……"。而"not so much as"="without(not)even，"可譯為"甚至……還沒有"。

The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it　.

"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so…as"結構，"Nothing is more…than"和"Nothing is so…as"都具有最高級比較的意思，"Nothing I"可換用"no", "nobody", "nowhere", "little", "few", "hardly", "scarcely"等等，可譯為"沒有…… 比……更為"，"像……再沒有了"，"最……"等。

Nothing is more precious than time.