强调判断

　　句型［主语+be+no other than/none but+表语（强调内容）］

　　1. This is no other than my old friend, John.

　　2. The tall figure that I saw no/none other than our commander.

　　3. The man standing before him was none other than the Party branch secretary.

　　4. Our Party's Policy of cadres is to appoint none but people on their merit.

　　[注] 类似的说法还有 nobody else, "Is that you, Bumble?" -"Nobody else." Answered Mr. Bumble.

　　句型［主语+be+nothing+ (else) but/ else than/ less than+表语］

　　1. Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.  2. Hitler was nothing but a paper tiger.

　　3.  The situation is nothing else but (than) fine.  4. That's nothing less than a miracle.

　　5.  What he told you was nothing else than nonsense.

　　6.  His failure was due to nothing else than his own carelessness.

　　7.  What we expected is nothing less than a technical revolution.

　　[注] 相当于本句型的否定说法是 "…be anything but…", 译作"决不是"，如：

　　He is anything but a coward. (=He is not a coward at all.)

　　句型［It is/was+强调部分+that/who+从句］

　　1. It is political consciousness that gives vigor to his writings.

　　2. It was owing to the victory of the revolutionary war of 1776 led by Washington that the American people won independence.   3. It was after liberation that we led a happy life.

　　4.  It was in Beijing that I met him for the first time.

　　[注] 除了以上句型表示强调外，还可以用以下方式来表达：

　　1）用very, only, certainly, of course，to be sure等词语加强语气，如：

　　That's the very thing I need.  The report is certainly false.   He is, no doubt, a good pupil.

　　2) 用 "from first to last", "out and out" (多用于反面)， "through and through" (多用于正面)等成语加强语气，如：It is a delusion from first to last…     He is a traitor out and out.      He is a revolutionary through and through.

　　3) 用准系词remain, continue等，如：Gold remains gold in the furnace of history and dross remains dross.

　　4) 有时用 "…be neither more nor less than…", (不多不少，十足) 如：It is neither more nor less than a lie.