(1) so/as/that/too/how +adj. + a/an + n.
例：He is as good a student as you. 他和你一样是个好学生。
This is too difficult a problem for me.对我来说这是一个太难的问题。
You can hardly imagine how clever a boy he is.
你几乎想象不到那孩子有多聪明。
(2) quite/rather/what/such/many + a/an + (adj) +n
例：She sang quite a beautiful song. 她的歌唱得很漂亮。
He was such a fool as to believe what she said.
他是这样的一个笨蛋以致于相信了她说的话。
Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.
由于服务不周失去了许多老主顾。
Many a mother tries to act out her unrealized dreams through her daughter
有许多母亲都试图在女儿身上实现自己未竟的梦想。
I have rather a large influence over a good many people
我对很多人都有相当大的影响力。
I'm afraid it's rather a long story
恐怕这说来话长。
We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour, which wasrather a fly in the ointment.
当我们正在举行野餐的时候，忽然大雨倾盆，未免大煞风景。
He'd made it seem rather a lark, to be visiting a supposedly haunted house.
他把到一间据说闹鬼的屋子探访说得好像多有意思似的。
Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party.
可怜的简对这次聚会真有些不知所措。
Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it?
虽然我非常成功，可事实上我却是个相当失败的人。这句话自相矛盾，是吧？
(3) all/both/half/twice the + n
例：All the students in her class like her very much.
她班上所有的学生都喜欢她。
Consideration must be given to both the development of production and the improvement of the people's livelihood.
发展生产和改善人民生活二者必须兼顾。
We want to cooperate with both the administration and Congress.
我们既想与政府合作，也想与国会合作。
Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve
你头发的发质与健康状况都应改善。
This room is twice the size of that one.
这间屋子有那间两个大。
She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets
她服用了双倍医嘱剂量的安眠药片。
You will get half the results with twice the effort if you keep using the old method.
如果你坚持老办法，必然会事倍功半。
The aeroplane will travel at twice the speed of sound.
这架飞机的速度将是音速的两倍。
Head teachers yesterday demanded a nine per cent rise, more than twice the rate of inflation.
校长们昨天要求增加9%的工资，这个比例是通货膨胀率的两倍多。
He was arrested at his home in Southampton after a breath test showed he had drunk more than twice the legal limit for driving
呼吸测醉检测显示其饮酒量是法定驾车饮酒限量的两倍多，他随即在南安普顿的家中被捕。
Choosing the right type of paint for the job is half the battle.
选对了涂料，这项工作就成功了一半。
The games lasted only half the normal time
比赛只持续了通常时间的一半。
Over half the population of this country participate in sport.
这个国家一半以上的人口参加体育锻炼。
He pocketed half the profits.
他把一半利润放进了自己的腰包。
From what I hear, half the campus is lusting after her.
从我听到的来看，半个学校的人都想和她上床。
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