托福口语考试20个常用否定句

     1. There is not a moment to be lost. 分秒必争。

    2. There is no holding back the wheel of history. 历史车轮不可阻挡。

    3. Not a soul was anywhere visible. 到处见不到一个人。

    4. I felt sorry for not coming in time. 我很抱歉没准时到。

    5. I don’t think it is right to make such a hasty decision. 我认为如此仓促做决定是不正确的。

    6. Everybody, it is true, wouldn’t like it. 的确并不是人人都喜欢它。

    7. I don’t wholly agree. 我并不完全同意。

    8. All my plans came to nothing. 我的一切计划都没实现。

    9. I shall never do it, not under any circumstances. 我不会做那事的。

    10. I’ll not do such a thing, not I. 我不会干这种事的，决不会。

    11. I could not assent¹ to, much less participate in such proceedings². 我对这种行为不能赞同，哪里还说得上参加。

    12. I did not even see him, still less shake hands with him. 我看都没看见他，哪里还可能同他握手呢？

    13. I never thought of it, let alone did I do it. 我想都没想到它，更谈不上去做了。

    14. Little remains³ to be said. 简直没什么可说的了。

    15. I have hardly ever been out of Beijing. 我几乎未曾离开过北京。

    16. I saw little or nothing of him after you were gone. 你走后我很少看见他，几乎可说完全没见过他。

    17. I could not help showing my pleasure. 我不禁喜形于色。

    18. I cannot but admire his courage. 我不得不赞美他的勇气。

    19. I never see you but I think of my brother. 我每次见到你就想起我的兄弟来。（我没有一次不是见到你就想起我的兄弟来。）

    20. It simply will not do. 那是绝对不行的。

1 assent   

v.批准，认可；n.批准，认可

参考例句：

• I cannot assent to what you ask.我不能应允你的要求。
• The new bill passed by Parliament has received Royal Assent.议会所通过的新方案已获国王批准。

2 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。