1.all＋抽象名詞/抽象名詞＋itself ＝ very + adj.

He was all gentleness to her.他對她非常溫存。

To his superiors, he is humility itself。對于長輩，他極為謙遜。

分析：該結(jié)構(gòu)原來是表示某種性質(zhì)達(dá)到極點(diǎn)的一種說法，有“非常”、“盡管”、“一味”、“盡”的含義，有時甚至可以譯為“...的化身”、“...的具體化”。普通復(fù)數(shù)名詞用于“all”之后，也是表達(dá)這種概念。

He is all smiles.他一味地笑。

She is all eyes.她盯著看。

I am all anxiety.我真擔(dān)心。

He is all attention.他全神貫注地聽著。

2.Something (much) of / nothing (little) of

Mr.Li is something of a philospher.李先生略具哲學(xué)家風(fēng)范。

Mr. Wu is nothing of a musician.吳先生全無音樂家的風(fēng)味。

Mr. Lu is very much of a poet.陸先生大有詩人氣派。

Mr.Liu is little of a scholar.劉先生幾無學(xué)者風(fēng)度。

分析：此為表示“程度”的形容詞短語，有時可以當(dāng)作副詞翻譯。

Something of ＝to some extent（某程度），在問句和條件句中則用anyting of（略有、多少）。nothing of譯作“全無、毫無”。

相類似的情況：

to be something of = to have something of + 名詞＋in ＋代名詞

He is nothing in ability of an orator = He has nothing of an orator in his ability.他毫無演說家的才能。

這類名詞的用法，可以處理為副詞。

He has seen something of life.他略具閱歷。他稍閱世。

Something of 與something like區(qū)別：程度上有差異。

something like ＝ something approximateing in character or amount指數(shù)量或性質(zhì)略同的事物，又作somewhat(似乎、略微)解釋。

This is something like a pudding.此物略似布丁。

It shaped something like a cigar.其形狀略似雪茄。

3.as...as 的三種用法;

（1）He is as kind as his sister.他象他妹妹一樣和藹。

（2）He is as kind as honest.他既誠實(shí)又和藹。

（3）He ia as kind as his sister is honest.他妹妹誠實(shí)，而他和藹。

句式1表示兩個不同的人相同的性質(zhì)；

句式2表示同一個人不同的性質(zhì)；

句式3表示兩個人的不同性質(zhì)。該句式中第一個as為之時副詞，第二個as為連詞。所以，第一個as后面為adj./adv.，而第二個as后面為從句。

4.as......as any / as .....as ever

He is as great a statesman as any = He is as great a statesman as ever lived.他是一位稀有的政治家。

5.as.....as.....can be

It is as plain as plain can be （may be）.那是再明白不過了。

A lot of these boys were green as green can be.這些男孩許多都是精力充沛無以復(fù)加的。