相信大家都学习过：”too＋形容词／副词＋动词不定式”结构简称为”too…to”结构。这种结构是英语中常用的一种句型，表示强调否定意义，在翻译时，通常可译为”太……而不能……”、”太……无法……”。我们以《绝望的主妇》为大纲，给大家举几个例子：
E.G.1: How could she tell her neighbor that some dreams are just too beautiful to come true? (DH S01E19)
E.G.2: You are unhappy with our sex life because you’re not getting something from me but you’re simplely too afraid to ask. (DH S01E06)
E.G.2: Don’t take it personnally. He’s too scared to climb down. (DH S01E09)
今天我来给大家拓展下程度副词“Too”、“enough”用于否定句的扩展版句型结构在《绝望的主妇》中的运用：
E.G.1：You don’t understand. It’s too hard for me to be around people like you and Lydia. （DH S07E11） E.G.2：It is too hard for Preston to choose between a mother and a girlfriend, so once I am his wife, choice will be much easier.（DH S06E18） E.G.3：Come on, Edie. It’s way too soon for us to be talking marriage. （2）、Not adj/adv + enough + for sb + to do sth/to be doing/that引导的主语从句： E.G.1：It’s not bad enough （that）I have to watch you throw yourself at him every day. （DH S01E04） E.G.2：Menopause? You’re not old enough to be going through menopause. （DH S07E07） E.G.3：With the money he made last year is not nearly enough to cover my daily expense, let alone employee salaries, office leasing expenditure and overheads. E.G.4：Our efforts in the direction of reading and listening are not quite enough to meet the needs of daily conversation.
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