* Tools marks, if any, shall be lengthwise of the specimen.
如有刀痕，也應(yīng)是沿試樣的長度方向。?
(2) 譯為助動詞
當(dāng)if any修飾主句的非主語成分，多譯成助動詞“可能”。
* These tests should also be carried to failure to determine the leeway, if any, in the design.
這些試驗也應(yīng)進行到破壞情況出現(xiàn)為止，以確定設(shè)計中可能存在的允許誤差。
* This investigation is concerned with identifying the effects, if any, of the major alloying elements on hot cracking.
這ー研究與確定主要合金元素對熱裂可能產(chǎn)生的影響有關(guān)。
(3) 譯為“幾乎沒”
主句中如有l(wèi)ittle，few等表示否定含義的詞，if any則通常譯成“幾乎沒（有)”。
* In fact, the high alloy austenitic steels lose little, if any, of their toughness until extremely low temperatures are reached.
事實上，沒有達到極低的溫度前，高合金奧氏體鋼幾乎沒降低其韌性。
* There were very few, if any, people had been infected with the AIDS virus through blood transfusions thirty years ago .
三十年前幾乎沒有人通過輸血感染上艾滋病毒。
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