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too ready to

问

She is too ready to suspect.

由于 too... to do 结构具有否定意义,所以这个句子应译为:她准备好不怀疑。

答

应当记住,too 放在某些形容词,如 ready, apt, anxious, eager, glad, willing 之前,其后的动词不定式不再具有否定意义,而具有肯定意义。所以上面的句子应译为:她太好疑(她爱起疑心)。请分析类似的例子:

  1. Beginners are too apt to make mistakes.

初学者容易出错。

  1. She is too willing to marry him. 她很愿意嫁给他。

too willing 见 too ready

can never...too 见 can 16,17^{16,17}

cannot...too 见 can 16,17^{16,17}

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