一提起否定句，同学们似乎都很熟悉：句中含有no或not。例如：
　　I am not a worker.
　　You have no brothers and sisters.
　　其实英语中还有很多不含not或no的否定句，也需我们逐一掌握。这里简要介绍如下：
　　
　　一、句中含有nothing, nobody, few, little, zero等词构成了否定意义。例如：
　　
　　Xiao Chen did nothing yesterday.
　　小陈昨天什么也没做。
　　Nobody knows anything about him.
　　谁也不知道他的情况。
　　Few people would agree with you .
　　没有几个人会同意你的意见。
　　Little remains to be done today.
　　今天几乎没有什么可做了。
　　Their hopes turned to zero.
　　他们的希望化为泡影。
　　
　　二、句中含有none, neither, but等词构成了否定意义。例如：
　　
　　None of us can speak Russian.
　　我们谁也不会讲俄语。
　　Neither of them has been to the Great Wall.
　　他们俩谁也没到过长城。
　　Nobody but has his fault.
　　人人都有缺点。
　　
　　三、句中含有without , but , except ,beyond, but for, against, far from,instead of等构成了否定意义。例如：
　　
　　For fifty years, she did her job without complaining.
　　她工作了50年，从没抱怨过。
　　No difficulty is so great but we can overcome it.
　　不管困难有多大，我们都能克服。
　　You can’t arrive on time except that you take a plane.
　　你不坐飞机是不会准时到达的。
　　The book is beyond him.
　　这本书他看不懂。
　　But for your help, I should have failed.
　　要是没有你的帮助，我早就失败了。
　　We are against the plan.
　　我们不赞成这个计划。
　　What he said is far from true.
　　他所说的根本不是真话。
　　We should do something instead of talking about it.
　　我们不能只是谈论，而应该做点什么。
　　
　　四、句中含有never, hardly, rarely, little等词时构成了否定意义。例如：
　　
　　I have never heard from her.
　　我从未收到过她的信。
　　That is hardly possible.
　　那简直不可能。
　　He rarely comes late.
　　他很少迟到。
　　There is little water in the cup.
　　杯子里几乎没有水了。
　　
　　五、句中含有short, absent, different, poor等词时构成了否定意义。例如：
　　
　　You are short of hands. We will help you.
　　你的人手不够，我们来帮你。
　　Half of our students were absent from class today.
　　有一半的学生今天没来上课。
　　The case with her is quite different.
　　她的情况完全不同。
　　I have got a poor memory.
　　我的记忆力不好。
　　
　　六、句中含有wonder, fail, miss, refuse等词时构成了否定意义。例如：
　　
　　We were wonder if you’d like to come with us.
　　不知道你是否愿意和我们一起去。
　　I was so excited that words failed me.
　　我激动得说不出话来了。
　　Hurry up, or we’ll miss the last bus.
　　赶快，不然我们赶不上末班车了。
　　She refused to answer any questions.
　　她不回答任何问题。
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