1. 一般否定句

　　句型1［主語+特殊定式動詞+not+行為動詞或表語+其他］

　　1. China of today is not what it was thirty years ago.

　　2. "Isn't that Teddy Thomson out?"-"I think it's him, but I can't be a hundred percent sure."

　　3. "Oh, sir, he can't have said such a thing! He can't have spoken like that to you, sir!"

　　4. We must not wait for favors from Nature; we must take them from her.

　　5. I haven't finished the book yet. 6. Money could not buy happiness.

　　[注1] He is no fool. Great barkers are no biters.

　　[注2] 二十四個特殊定式動詞：

　　句型2［主語+do(does, did)+ not+行為動詞+其他］

　　1. Sorrow doesn't buy bread. 2. Pure gold does not dread fire.

　　3. "Why is Mr. Cooper so angry today?"-"I don't know why."

　　4. "They did not steal so much."-"I don't care how much." He said, "… A thief is a thief."

　　句型3［主語+ 行為動詞+ no/not+賓語+其他］

　　1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

　　2. Viola, hearing this, knew not how to behave, nor how to answer her.

　　3. I know not what course others may take, but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

　　4. We are fleet-winged men at arms; we fear not mountains high or rivers deep.

　　句型4［There be+ no/not/not any+主語(+狀語)］

　　1. There was no well in the village at that time.

　　2. Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse… There were no aunts, no sisters, no cousins, no grand mothers.

　　3. There is not a moment to be lost. 4. There is no holding back the wheel of history

　　[附注] 一般否定句的其他表達方式：

　　1. Who knows it? (=No one knows it.) Dare he do it? (=He dare not do it.)

　　2. God only knows! (=No one knows.) As if I would allow it! (= I would certainly not allow it.)

　　3. Catch me doing that!

　　4. If I do I am a villain. (=I will not do.) Do that again if you dare.

　　5. In Heaven, an angel is nobody in particular. They shun personal fame and gains.

　　6. The city and the areas around it are an ice-free port and a nuclear weapon-free zone. The building is in a state of neglect.

　　7. She stood still, trying winly (in vain) to answer the battery of questions raised by the reporters.

　　8. I dislike the idea very much. Mr. White has refrained from making any official comment on the coup in that country. Yesterday she failed to get to school on time. The evidence is conclusive, excluding all possibilities of doubt. They excluded children (from) getting in. We'll forever live up to what the party expects of us. Avoid operating the keys roughly. She was refused admittance by them.

　　9. Slips are scarcely avoidable when you're new to your work. He is ignorant of conditions at the levels. Our PLA is worthy of being called a great army pf the people.

　　10. The meetings were marked by such an absence of lively discussions that at times they were almost on the point of breaking up. Lei Feng's noble deeds are above all praise. To do this is beyond my ability. He is out of the office. (= He is not in the office.) Tom is away from Cambridge. (= Tom is not at Cambridge.) It is far from perfect. That served to strengthen instead of weaken our determination (or: That strengthened, rather than weakened, our determination.) The truth is quite other than what you think. I know better than to quarrel.

　　2. 特指否定句

　　句型5［…not+非謂語成分…］

　　1. Not a soul was anywhere visible. 2. You must always remember not to become conceited.

　　3. The teacher told his pupils not to make such a mistake again.

　　4. I went to see him off, not to meet him. 5. We felt sorry for not coming on time

　　句型6［主語+否定式謂語+(賓語)+狀語或從句(被否定部分)］

　　1. I don't think it is right to make such hasty decision. 2. I'm not feeling very well today.

　　3. I don't believe that he will come tomorrow.

　　4. You can't judge a thing only by its looks.

　　5. He's studying English now, but he doesn't speak English very well yet.

　　6. People did not shake off colonialist's yoke in order to put on hegemonist's yoke.

　　7. Don't think ill of me because I use her help. She gives it cheerfully as you see…