not only but also的用法解析 如何避免用错

    not only but also的用法解析 如何避免用错

 　　今天学习的是非常经典的英语表达用法：“not only…but…”相对于中文的涵义是“不但…而且…”。意义如此却又不仅仅局限于此，如何正确使用，如何在翻译的过程中使用到“not only…but…”，下面详细为你解答！

　　一、“not only … but also”的两种用法

　　1.not only … but also应连接两个相对称的并列成分.例如：

　　Not only MrLin but also his son joined the Party two years ago.(连接两主语)

　　I not only play tennis but also practise shooting.(连接两个谓语动词)

　　He plays not only the piano but also the violin.(连接两个宾语)

　　They speak English not only in class but also in the dormitory.(两个地点状语)

　　注：句子 He not only plays the piano but also the violin 不是好的文体,因为 but also 之后的成分与 not only 之后的成分不对称.

　　2.not only …but also 连接两个分句,并且 not only /until位于句首时,第一个分句中的主语和谓语要部分倒装.例如：

　　Not only does the sun give us light but also it gives us heat.

　　Not only didhe speak English correctly,but also he speaks it fluently.

　　Not only is this young man clever but also he is hard-working.

　　二、如何避免使用 not only but also

　　写好英文句子的核心是：先意识到自己使用了哪些滥俗搭配。

　　汉语：健康教育不仅可以应对青少年肥胖问题，还可以保护他们的自由

　　朱诺版本的翻译：Health educationamong teenagers not only address the adolescentobesity but also protects their freedom

　　今天这个句子我也是用的not only but also，看到大家的句子也是清一色的not only but also, 但是有几个娃的句子成功避免了这个比较滥俗的表达，我们来看一下：

　　沉迷物化生无法自拔的Diana：

　　Healtheducation tackles juvenile obesity, guarding teenagers' freedom.

　　Jasmine

　　Healtheducation, ensuring teenagers’ freedom, helps them stay away from obesity.

　　通过这两个句子，大家看一下避免not only but also的一个用法是灵活实用伴随状语，这个是大家之前在群里翻译的时候，老师就教过的。我们今天看一下更多的避免使用not only but also的方法吧～

　　Plain:they were passionate lovers not only onstage but also after stage

　　Better:they were passionate lovers onstage and offstage

　　Better:they were passionate lovers onstage and off

　　介词短语放在文末，言简意赅。

　　Plain:outside the cinema, she lit a cigarette, not necessarily because she had adesire to smoke, but because she felt the need for warmth.

　　Better:outside the cinema, she lit a cigarette, as much from the need for warmth asfrom a desire to smoke

　　通过这个句子，我们学到一种巧妙的写法，就是把not only but also 换成as much as 因为两者都是表达的并列关系。From可以代替用的很俗的because.句子的灵活性就增加很多。

　　又比如：

　　在业余时间里，他不仅热衷于海上冲浪，而且还热衷于上网。

　　不合格: In his spare times, he not only loves surfing, but also web-surfing.

　　合格: in his free time, he enjoys not only surfing but also online activity.

　　不合格句子中，有这几个句法错误：

　　1.业余时间：spare time 应该是单数。

　　2.not only..butalso一般位于动词后面，而且当中无需逗号。

　　3.前后的surfing 重复且含义不清楚。

　　合格范文只是合格而已，not only but also去掉后，我们来看看结果：

　　优秀：inhis free time, he is a surfer of both waves and the internet.

　　其实避免使用not only but also的句子前提是，你意识到，这个表达虽然是你开始学的，宛如there be句型一样印在大脑里。但是这个表达，实在有些俗套，通过今天的讲解，大家可以从语义的角度，对句子增加多样性了。