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问题描述
Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry.
这句话是哈利波特里面的,no sooner...than不是一...就的意思吗,但是这句这么理解好像不通啊.然后就看不懂了.
老师答疑
刘老师：
我不同意Expert的理解和翻译。
Expert的译文是：
参考译文：期内普就更不用说了，他宁愿收养哈利当干儿子，也不愿让同学们在课堂上做游戏。
我认为，此翻译不妥。这句话应该这样理解：
Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry.
【翻译】当然，斯内普决不会让他们在课堂玩游戏，正如他决不会收养哈利一样。
【分析】no sooner...than...结构，在表达人的意愿时，常常跟would连用。这种结构把than前后的两个动作予以全部否定。也就是说，“既不愿做...，也不愿做...”，“决不会做...，正如不会做...一样”。又如：
I would no sooner stand than sit. 我既不愿意站着也不愿意坐着。
But being an honest girl, she would no sooner cheat on an exam than tell lies. 但作为一个诚实的姑娘，她决不会在考试中作弊，正如她不会说谎一样。
Expert下面的这个说法，更是不可理喻：
(1)主语+would+ no sooner do sth(A) than do sth(B)（主语宁愿做A某事，也不愿意做B某事)
He would no sooner starve to death than steal something from others.
He would no sooner die than do such a thing.
陈老师：
Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry.
这句话是哈利波特里面的,no sooner...than不是一...就的意思吗,但是这句这么理解好像不通啊.然后就看不懂了.
回答如下：
以上句子来自下面一段文章中。
参考译文：期内普就更不用说了，他宁愿收养哈利当干儿子，也不愿让同学们在课堂上做游戏。
(1)主语+would+ sooner do sth(A) than do sth(B)（主语宁愿做A某事，也不愿意做B某事)
He would sooner do without a car than pay all that money for one.
他宁愿没有车，也不愿意把所有钱用来买一辆。
Yang Jingyu would sooner die than surrender.
杨靖宇宁死不屈。
He said he'd sooner die than betray his friend.
他说他宁愿死也不愿背叛自己的朋友。
(2) 主语A+had no sooner done sth than 主语B did sth（主语A 一做某事主语B就做某事）
I had no sooner reached home than it began to rain.
我一到家天就开始下雨。
I had no sooner lain down than the telephone rang. 我刚躺下,电话铃就响了.
We had no sooner set out than a thunder storm broke.
我们刚动身就突然下起了大雷雨.
(3)No sooner had +主语A+done sth than 主语B+did sth（主语A 一做某事主语B就做某事）
No sooner had I reached home than it began to rain
我一到家天就开始下雨。
No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.
他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。
No sooner had I heard the knock than I opened the door.
当我听到敲门声,我马上就开门了.
It was amazing how he could make even bloody and vicious goblin riots sound as boring as Percys cauldron-bottom report. Professors McGonagall and Moody kept them working until the very last second of their classes too, and Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry. Staring nastily around at them all, he informed them that he would be testing them on poison antidotes during the last lesson of the term.
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