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双重否定 (Double Negation)

  两个否定连用,彼此相互抵消,表示肯定的意义,称为双重否定,如:
   I can't not obey. (= I have to obey.)

  双重否定通常有两种用途:
  1. 加强语气,这种双重否定表示的肯定有时比肯定式表示的肯定语气更强,如:
   No one has nothing to offer to society. (= Everyone has something to offer to society.)
   He was never dissatisfied with my work. (= He was always satisfied with my work.)

  有些双重否定很难甚至无法换用肯定形式来表示,如生硬地改为肯定形式,将大大影响原意,如:
   No investigation, no right to speak.(没有调查研究,就没有发言权。)
   You can't make something out of nothing.(巧妇难为无米之炊。)

  2. 使语气委婉,如:
   I have brought back what you want not without risk and danger.
   Nothing is impossible if you try your best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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