英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀關(guān)鍵句：249. In the wake of the Sept. 11 att

249. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.

譯文

在9·11襲擊之后，這些問(wèn)題好像更加急迫了。

點(diǎn)睛

本句的主干是questions have never seemed more pressing; In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks為狀語(yǔ)，have never seemed more pressing通過(guò)否定比較級(jí)來(lái)表示最高級(jí)概念。

in the wake of的意思是“隨……之后到來(lái)”。如：

Outbreaks of diseases occurred in the wake of the flood. 洪水過(guò)后疾病叢生。

考點(diǎn)歸納

否定式＋比較級(jí)可表示最高級(jí)概念：

名詞短語(yǔ)否定式＋比較級(jí)表示最高級(jí)。如：

Nobody else in the class is taller than John. ＝John is the tallest in the class. 班里沒(méi)人比約翰更高。

Nobody works harder than Steven does. ＝Steven works hardest. 沒(méi)人比史蒂文更努力。

動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)否定式＋比較級(jí)表示最高級(jí)。如：

The food in that restaurant couldn't taste worse. ＝The food in that restaurant tastes the worst. 那家餐館里的食物不能再糟糕了。

I couldn't have spent more time writing this book. ＝I spent a lot of time writing this book. 我沒(méi)法花再多的時(shí)間來(lái)寫(xiě)這本書(shū)了。