nothing else than 完全是，实在是
　　例1: What the man said was nothing else than nonsense.
　　译文：那人讲的话完全是一派胡言。
　　例2: Your success was due to nothing else than your own diligence.
　　译文：你的成功完全是由于你自己的勤奋。
　　It is not that...but that... 这不是说……，而是说……
　　例1: It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former.
　　译文：这并不是说在一种情况下所使用的磅秤和另一种情况下所用的天平在构造原理上或工作方式上存在差别，而是说与前者相比，后者是一种更精密得多的装置，因而在计量上必然更加准确。
　　can not...too... 再……也不过分
　　例1: We cannot be too careful of health. 我们无论如何注意健康也不为过。
　　例2: You cannot be too careful when you drive a car. 你开车时再小心也不过分。
　　例3: We can not be too faithful to our duties. 我们必须尽力忠于职守。
　　other...than... 或other than... 不同于，非；除了
　　例l: Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries other than those in which the crude ores are mined.
　　译文：提炼矿石的厂房通常不是设在采矿石的国家而设在其它国家。
　　例2: Reactions other than the desired one often occur when reactants are brought together.
　　译文：当这些反应物放在一起时，常发生不希望有的一些反应。(即：…常发生与希望有的反应不同的反应。)
　　例3: All parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition.
　　译文：除了窗之外，屋子的其它部分都完好无损。