谚语句子结构分析（More often than not...）
2024-12-09 21:18:54 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
More often than not life gets terrible when we think too much.
此为一篇完形填空的句子，好像是谚语，如何翻译？可否翻译成：在很多时候，当我们想的太多，生活才会变得糟糕。
请老师们分析一下句子结构，这个than是怎么用的，还有not 是省略了什么还是倒装了？
老师答疑
W老师：
▲More often than not 是习语，意思是“常常”“经常”，在句中用作状语，表示频率。又如：
More often than not the train is late. 这趟火车常常晚点。
Food is scarce and more often than not they go hungry. 食物很少，他们经常挨饿。
▲你的句子分析：
More often than not：状语（表频率）
life gets terrible：主句（life为主句的主语，gets为系动词，terrible为表语）
when we think too much：从句（表时间；when为从属连词，引导从句；we为从句主语， think为从句谓语，too much为从句状语）
▲句意：
More often than not life gets terrible when we think too much.
当我们想得太多时，生活常常会变得很糟糕。
黎老师：
more often than not 的本义是“经常多于不经常”，但其实义则是usually（经常）（有的词典将 as often as not 和 more often than not 看作完全无区别的同义语），实例如：More often than not she misses the bus. （摘自《薄冰英语用法问答1144例》第930页）
陈老师：
more often not 表示程度频率短语 意思“”往往，多半"
When it is foggy the trains are late more often than not .
雾大时火车往往误点。
Educational systems more often than not reflect the essential nature of that society .
教育体制通常是一个社会基本性质的反映。
When it ' s foggy the trains are late more often than not
雾大时火车往往误点
On friday mornings , he comes late more often than not
多数情况下，他星期五来得晚。
More often than not the patient recovers.
病人多半能恢复健康。
More often than not she misses the bus.
她经常赶不上这班公共汽车。
