☆▓ 每日10句 第 116 天—2004年8月28日▓☆ 今天,鬼节哩。人都说:“七月半, 鬼乱蹿”。
1151. Elliott was too clever not to see that many of the persons who accepted his invitation did so only to get a free meal and that of these some were stupid and some worthless.
艾略特是一个聪明人,必然看处出来,大多数接受他邀请的人,只是为着吃一顿不花钱的饭而来,他知道他们当中有的是愚笨的,另外有的是不足轻重的。
1152. He is much of a man of the world not to know better.
像 他那样精通世故的人,当然无作此事的道理。
Only too…+不定词
Too ready…+不定词
凡在“not”, “only”, “all”, “but”等字的后面的”Too”,其中的不定词没有否定意义,only to是very的意思。而too ready to 则有eager, easy, inclined, willing等词的意思。
1153. I am only too glad to do so.
我非常高兴去做。
1154. She is too ready to speak.
她真是爱说话。
1155. You know but too well to hold your tongue.
你深知沉默是金。
1156. They are all too satisfied to take the opinions of others without the pain of thought fot themselves.
他们都太乐于接受他人的意见,自己懒得去想。
1157. I shall be only too delighted to accept it.
我会很乐于接受的。
1158. I am only too pleased to do my best in that line of work.
我很高兴尽力于那方面的工作。
1159. He is too ready to promise.
他动不动就许诺。
1160. He is too ready to suspect.
他好怀疑.