三、双重否定 意义肯定
    
    双重否定指同一句子里出现两个否定词，即否定之否定，双重否定句表达的意思是肯定的，通常比肯定句的语气要重些，译成汉语就译成肯定形式，也可以保持双重否定的形式。
    
    No one can command others who can't command himself.
    
    There was never a great genius without a tincture of madness.
    
    There are no roses without thorns.
    
    You can't make something out of nothing.
    
    What's done can't be undone.
    
    Nothing is nothing at all.
    
    Hardly a day passed without our learning anything new.
    
    可用于表示双重否定的词有：
    
    no…not、no (not)…without、no……but、cannot but+v、cannot help+v-ing、without doubt、without fail、cannot help + v、without exception、nothing less but、（正是） none but （除…外，…别无）、no one but （除了… 外，没有别人）、none too（一点也不）have no alternative/choice but to do （除……，别无选择）、There is no doubt that…、There is no denying that…、There is no question that……、not seldom、not infrequently、not unlike、not displeased
    
    四、几乎否定
    
    几乎否定表示整个句子的意思接近于否定，常用的词有：
    
    little、few、barely、hardly、rarely、scarcely、seldom
    
    This problem has been little studied.
    
    He little realized the danger he was in.
    
    She is barely right.
    
    I seldom got any sleep last night.
    
    Scarcely anything remains to be said.

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