anything like与 like anything用法辨析

1.首先，anything like像……的事情或东西

I never had the balls to do anything like this.

我从来没胆量做这种事。

I don't ever want to go through anything like that again.

我不想再经历那样的事了。

We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid

我们恐怕没有那样的东西。

Have you ever seen anything like it?

你可曾见过像它这样的东西？

We had never seen anything like it before and could not see what to do next

我们以前从没见过这样的事情，不知道接下来要做些什么。

Leonard was shaken to the core; he'd never seen or read anything like it.

伦纳德极为震惊；他从未看过或读过这样的东西。

It's really not anything like as bad as it looks.

根本不像表面上看起来这么糟糕。

They are no longer anything like as fey and reserved as they once were

他们不再像从前那样羞怯矜持了。

2. like anything拼命地，非常（厉害）做……（其实根据语境还有更多灵活、鲜活的译法）

这个词组相当于一个副词，用来修饰动词，表示动作很玩命、很投入、很起劲……

I love you like anything.我爱你爱得一塌糊涂。（译法是不是很鲜活很灵活？）

They love her like anything.他们非常爱她。

He ran like anything the moment he saw me.

他一看到我就拼命地跑。

The thief ran like anything when he saw the policeman.

当那个小偷看见警察时，便拼命逃跑。

She works like anything when she’s interested.

她感兴趣的时候，工作干得非常起劲。