职称英语否定转移知识点2013年职称英语考试资料由"Idon'tthink„„"句型说在学英语的过程中，学生常将这样的句子"我认为这不是个好主意。"译为"Ithinkitisn'tagoodidea."而将这句英语译成汉语时，学生又会译为"我不认为这是个好主意。"老师又会说译错了，这不符合"Idon'tthink„„"句型，应译为"ldon'tthinkit'sagoodidea."那么，这错误的根源究竟在哪里?这就是“英语的否定转移”在作怪。否定转移在非正式语体中特别常见，它是将语义上属于从属分句(一般为thatclause)的否定词转移到母句中去。允许否定转移的母句动词在语义上可分为以下两组：1.看法(OPINION)：anticipate，besupposedto，believe，calculate，expect，figure(infml，AmE)，imagine，reckon(infml，esp，inAmE)，suppose，think：Eg.Idon'tbelieveI'vemetyoubefore.("IbelieveIhaven'tmetyoubefore.")Eg.Shedidn'timaginethatwewouldsayanything.("Sheimaginedwewouldn'tsayanything.")Eg.Hedidn'texpecttowin.("Heexpectednottowin.")2.感觉(PERCEPTION)appear，seem，feelasif，lookasif，soundasif(后三个动词也作infml，esp，inAmE，其中用like来代替asif)：Eg.Itdoesn'tseemthatwecangetourmoneyback."Itseemsthatwecan'tgetourmoneyback."Eg.Thebabydoesn'tappeartobeawake.("Thebabyappearsnotto!beawake.")Eg.Itdoesn'tlooklikeit'sgoingtorain.("Itlookslikeitisn'tgoingtorain.")否定的转移是一种含糊的现象。对于否定词位置不同的两个句子，意思是否相同，或者在多大程度上相同的问题，各人的直觉可能是不同的。但在以下特殊情况下，原来允许否定转移的动词不能将否定转移：1.Ithink是插入句，可看作与其他部分无关：Iwishyouwerehere，thenIthinkIshouldnotfeellikethis.母句中添加情态动词can'tmustn'twouldn't时：Ican'tbelievethattheyaremarried.Youmustn'tthinkhe'sstupid.Iwouldn'thaveimaginedthatSandrawouldbehere.3.由于cannothelping，oughtnot，neednot，notatall等短语的关系而把Ithink隔离。Ishouldhavethoughtsometimesyoucouldn'thelpthinkingofthepast.Ithinkyououghtnottowalkatnightalone，Mrs.Moore.Ithinkyouneednotbeimpolitetoher，aswellastoherson."Ithinktheangelarenotatallinheaven."Mr.Esmondsaid."4.由于notjust„„but，justnot„„enough，notmuch，notquite等以not为核心的副词短语的影响，也不便把否定拿到动词的前面去：IthinkI'mjustnotsmartenoughtomakeanysenseoutofforyou."Youthinkshe'snotmuchlikeyou?Breraldasked.ButIthinkthatElizabethwasnotquitesocertainofitasI.句中含有no，never，nothing，nobody等的不定词时：Ishouldthinkyouneverhaveseenmany.Ithoughtitexplainednothing.