例2 Your success was due to nothing else than your own diligence. (来源：www.EnglishCN.com)

　　［译文］：你的成功完全是由于你自己的勤奋。

　　12 It is not that ... but that ...这不是说……，而是说……

　　例：It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working;but that the latter is much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former.

　　［译文］：这并不是说在一种情况下所使用的磅秤和在另一种情况下所使用的天平在构造原理上或工作方式上存在差别，而是说与前者相比，后者是一种更精密得多的装置，因而在计量上必然更加准确。

　　13 cannot ... too ...再……也不过分，应该

　　例1 We cannot be too faithful to our duties.

　　［译文］：我们必须尽力忠于职守。

　　例2. You can't attach too much importance to the matter.

　　［译文］：你应该十分重视这件事情。

　　14 other ...than或other than不同于，非；除了

　　例1 Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries other than those in which the crude ores are mined.(1984年考研试题)

　　［译文］：提炼矿石的厂房通常不是设在采矿石的国家而设在其他国家。

　　例2 Reactions other than the desired one often occur when reactants are brought together.

　　［译文］：当这些反应物放在一起时，常发生不希望有的一些反应(即：……常发生与希望有的反应不同的反应。)

　　例3 All parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition.

　　［译文］：除了窗之外，屋子的其他部分都完好无损。

　　15 "... the last + N. + to V.或定语从句"意为"……最不可能的……"

　　例1 She would be the last person to go along with the scheme.

　　［译文］：他可能会是最不同意这项计划的人。

　　例2 That't the last thing I'd expect you to do.

　　［译文］：那是我最不期望你做的事情。

　　16 It is asserted that ...有人断言……；It is believed that……据认为……；It is considered that ...有人认为……；It is reported that ...据报道……；It is said that ...据说……；It is supposed that ...据推测；It is told that ...据传……。