1. "Every…not"和"All…not"结构，"Every…not"表示"不见得每个……都是……";"All…not"表示"不见得所有……都是……"的意思。

　　Every man is not polite, and all are not born gentlemen.

　　2. "may as well not…as"结构，此结构可译为"与其……不如不……"。

　　One may as well not know a thing at all as know it but imperfectly.

　　3. "have only to …do"结构，此结构表示"只须(消)……就能……"的意思。

　　We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to see the significance of it.

　　4. "not (no) …unless…"句型

　　No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.

　　5. "better…than…"句型

　　Better my life should be ended by their hate, than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love.

　　6. "as it were"是一个非常常用的插入语，意思是"好象"，"可以说"等。

　　Apiece of iron near a magnet, though apparently separate from it , feels, as it were, the threads of this attachment.