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D. more than + (that)从句，其基本意义是“超过（=over）”，但可译成“简直不”“远非”. 　难以，完全不能（其后通常连用情态动词 can） --That is more than I can understand . 那非我所能懂的. --That is more than I can tell. 那事我实在不明白。 --The heat there was more than he could stand. 那儿的炎热程度是他所不能忍受的 1. When I think of all this waste, words fail me. (= It makes me so angry that I cannot find words to describe it.) 当我想到所有这一切浪费时，我气得讲不出话来。 2. A truly great man is above flattery. 真正的伟人不喜欢阿谀奉承。 3. What has made you so out of humor today? 今天什么事使你这么不高兴？ 4. The evidence is beyond dispute, excluding all possibilities of doubt. 证据确凿，无可置疑。 5. Free from anxiety, she led a very happy life. 她无忧无虑，日子过得很愉快。 6. His work often falls short of the mark. 他的作品常常达不到标准。 7. This is little short of slander. 这简直是诽谤。/ 这不下于诽谤。 Give Chinese equivalents in the negative form for the following: 1. short of ideas 2. beyond description (belief, compare) 3. out of the ordinary 4. far from (being) satisfactory 5. free of outside pressure 6. a loss of taste in the mouth 7. above my comprehension 8. neglect of studying the present situation 9. in the absence of a negotiated settlement 10. past caring about criticism or encouragement 11. shoot at random instead of aiming one’s arrow at the target 12. miss one’s aim 13. be behind somebody in drawing 14. refrain from shouting 15. not above asking questions 1. 缺乏主意 2. 无法形容（难于置信，无与伦比） 3. 不寻常/非同寻常/非凡 4. 很不令人满意 5. 没有外来压力 6. 口里没有滋味 7. 非我所能理解 8. 不注意研究现状 9. 在谈判得不到解决时 10. 不在乎批评或鼓励 11. 不是有的放矢，而是无的放矢 12. 打不中目标/达不到目的 13. 画画方面不如某人 14. 忍住没有叫出声来 15. 不耻下问 too good or too honest to do sth （因善良或誠實正直而）不至於，不屑於（做某事） ： Shes not above lying when it suits her. 她在適當時機還是會說謊的。 ? Hes above suspicion (= he is completely trusted). 他無可置疑。 8. He is far from honest. 9. The peoples in this war crushed Hitlerism and saved the world from slavery. 10. He stood still, trying vainly to answer my question. 13. It is beyond my power to promote you. 14. He is above asking help from others. 17. He has grown into quite another creature from what he was. 18. He