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1) He was too shrewd a businessman to accept the first offer. He is too experienced a conductor to mind what the critics say. 他是一个极其有经验的乐队指挥，不会在意评论家们说些什么。
2) He was so foolish as to leave his car unlocked. 他太蠢了，轿车的门都没锁。
3) It is fourteen years since I saw him.
4) It is only in recent years that the company has gained an evil reputation. (*when) It was in London that we met last. (*where)
It was not until the thirteenth stroke that the bell stopped.
一直到了第十三响，钟才停止。
It was not until midnight that it stopped raining.
一直到了半夜，天才停止下雨。
5) Why does one story make us cry or laugh while another story doesn't affect us at all? While(=Although) I realize that you are doing your best, I really do not think this work is good enough.
6) It was not long before a helicopter arrived to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. 不久就来了一架直升机，把飞机失事的幸存者救了。
7) The telephone had been ringing for five minutes before he finally answered it.
8) It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties, but that he simply had
no sense of danger at all.
9) She knows better than to go alone on such a dark night.
她非常聪明，不至于在这么黑的夜晚单独出去。
Your father is wiser than to believe your story.
你父亲非常明智，不至于相信你的话。
I have a better command of English than to make such foolish mistakes.
我的英语学得很好，不至于犯这么愚蠢的错误。
10) He is not so much a writer as a journalist.
与其说他是个作家，倒不如说他是个记者。
I don't so much dislike him as feel sorry for him!
与其说我不喜欢他，倒不如说我可怜他!
11) He was more concerned about my husband's money than about his duty.
与其说他关心他的职责，倒不如说他关心我丈夫的钱。
She's more thoughtless than stupid.
与其说她是愚蠢，倒不如说她没有头脑。
12) The temperature rose, so much so that the firemen had to leave the burning building.
The temperature rose to such an extent that the firemen had to leave the burning building.
温度上升了，以致消防队员们不得不离开那幢正在燃烧的大楼。
He got angry, so much so that he smashed up the television set. 他生气了，气得他把电视机都砸了。
The earth quaked, so much so that all the windows were broken. 大地震动了一下，以致以所有的窗子都被震碎了。
13) The carpet was badly stained, to such a degree / an extent that you couldn't tell its original color. 这地毯太脏了，脏得你都看不清原来的颜色。
14) Surrounded as/though he was by the enemy, he would not surrender.
虽然他被敌人包围了，但他不愿意投降。
Much as I like you，I will not marry you.
虽然我喜欢你，但我不会嫁给/娶你。
Hard as he tried, he was unable to make much progress.
Try as they may， they will never succeed.
There was not a soul to be found in the house, search as they would
15) Given that they're inexperienced, they've done a good job.(conj.)
考虑到他们没有经验，他们已经干得不错了。
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