all+抽象名词=very+形容词
- He is very very very gentle and soft to her.他对她很温柔。
- He is all gentleness to her.他对她很温柔。
抽象名词+itself=very+形容词
- He is very/extremely modest towards his elders.对待长辈，他极度谦虚。
- To his superiors, he is humility itself.对待长辈，他极度谦虚。
注意：这原是表示某种性质到了极点的一种说法，有“非常，只管，一味，尽”之意，有时甚至可以译为“...的化身”，“...的具体化”。
表示程度时，特别是表达“略有，少许，全无，毫无”意思时，用something of，nothing of, much of, little of
- He is something of a philosopher.他略有哲学家的风范。
- She is nothing of a musician.他全然不像个音乐家。
- He is very much of a poet.他很有诗人气派。
- She is little of a scholar.她无学者风度。
注意：something of与something like有比较大的不同点。something like表示数量或性质上略同，如It shaped something like a cigar.(指形状略似雪茄。)
翻译时的问题：
如，He has seen something of life.不宜翻译为“他看过了一些人生。”换做“他略具阅历。”更好。
又如，He is something of a scholar.“他宛如学者。”不如“他略具学识。”
写比喻句，用“名词+of+a+名词
- It was a great mountain of a wave.那是一个像山一样高的大浪。
- That fool of a Tom did it.这是汤姆那个笨蛋做的。
- She was an angel of a wife.她是天仙一般的妻子。
- He was a fine figure of a young man.他是一个风度翩翩的公子。
- The child is a treasure of a son.那是一个宝贝儿子。
- He lives in a palace of a house.他住在一座宫殿似的大屋子。
- It was beyond expectation for a man of your taste.遇到一位像你这样有品味的人，真是出乎意料。
- He is a man of your experience.他是一个像你一样经验丰富的人。
- You are a lady of her wisdom.你是一个像她那样贤惠的淑女。
- It was of great importance.(of importance=important)
- of no use=useless 无用
- a man of courage=a courageous man 勇敢的人
- a lady of virtue=a virtuous lady 贤德的女人
- a man of business 商人
- a man of few words 寡言的人
- a man of his word 言行一致
- a man of parts 多才多艺
- He lost that picture which he had got with much trouble.他把费了很大劲才得来的画丢了。
- The root is that part of vegetable which least impresses the eye.根是植物最不引人注目的部分。
- Those rich men are great who do not think themselves great because they are rich.并不以为他们有钱的人在算伟大。
- Saying is one thing,doing another.说的是一回事，做的是另一回事。
- It is one thing to know and another to teach.知道是一回事，教是另一回事。
- They have two daughters;one is a singer,the other an actress.他们有两个女儿，一个是歌手，另一个是演员。
- It is one thing to own a library;it is another to use it wisely.(藏书是一回事，能否善于利用又是另一回事。)
注意：another和the other后是不需要再写一遍谓语。
这些写作技巧有没有对你有所帮助呢？感谢你的支持和关注，我是大愚，这里是一词一世界。