Dos & Don’ts — 想想看，這句話英語該怎麼說？
1. 我沒有這種詞典。
✔ I have no such dictionary.
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✔ I do not have such a dictionary.
✘ I have not such dictionary.
✘ I have no such a dictionary.
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註：such 後面接可數名詞單數時，必須加不定冠詞 a 或 an，dictionary 是可數名詞單數，所以要說 such a dictionary。但no such ＝ not such a，本身就包含不定冠詞，所以不可再加不定冠詞。又如：
▶ There’s no such thing in the world.
▶ No such thing has ever happened.
2. 他不受利誘，也不屈服於威脅。
✔ He succumbs neither to bribery nor to threats.
✔ He doesn’t succumb to either bribery or threats.
✘ Not only he doesn’t succumb to bribery but also not succumb to threats.
✘ He doesn’t succumb to both bribery and threats.
註：當兩個子句都是否定句時，應用否定連接詞 neither ... nor ... 或在否定動詞後接 either ... or ...。至於 not only ... but also ... 則通常用來連接兩個肯定句。
3. 他跟他弟弟無論在相貌或性格上都沒有相似之處。
✔ There is not the slightest resemblance between him and his brother in either appearance or character.
✘ There is not the slightest resemblance between him and his brother in both appearance and character.
註：both ... and ... 用在肯定的場合。在否定的場合應用 neither ... nor ... 或 not ... either ... or ...。
4. 他沒有顯露出任何一絲痛苦。
✔ He showed no sign of pain (at all).
✔ He didn’t show any sign of pain (at all).
✘ He showed no any sign of pain.
註：no ＝ not any。There will be no difficulty. ＝ There won’t be any difficulty.
no any 是不合英文習慣的。正句之後可用 at all 加強語氣。
5. 在第三世界國家，很多人既沒有工作，也沒有房子住。
✔ In third world countries many people have neither jobs nor houses to live in.
✘ In third world countries many people neither have no job nor no house to live in.
註：連接詞 neither ... nor ... 意思是「既不……又不……」，它本身有雙重否定意義，不能再加否定詞 no。
Exercise
A. 這瓶子裡沒有果汁。
The bottle did not contain fruit juice.
1. some 2. any 3. a 4. no
B. 她既不喜歡物理也不喜歡化學。
She likes physics chemistry.
1. either; or 2. both; nor 3. neither; or 4. neither; nor
Answer: 2 4
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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《走讀自然.花言樹語》，《英語的對與錯》，《世紀病毒：必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等。國家教育研究院中英雙語詞彙審議委員；研究領域為翻譯、術語及詞典編譯，從事植物與人文導覽數十年，亦曾應邀遠赴國外大學做植物人文導覽。
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