| 双重否定 (Double Negation)
   两个否定连用,彼此相互抵消,表示肯定的意义,称为双重否定,如:I can't not obey. (= I have to obey.)
   双重否定通常有两种用途:1. 加强语气,这种双重否定表示的肯定有时比肯定式表示的肯定语气更强,如:
 No one has nothing 
              to offer to society. (= Everyone has something to offer to society.)
 He was never dissatisfied with my 
              work. (= He was always satisfied with my work.)
   有些双重否定很难甚至无法换用肯定形式来表示,如生硬地改为肯定形式,将大大影响原意,如:No investigation, no 
              right to speak.(没有调查研究,就没有发言权。)
 You can't make something out of 
              nothing.(巧妇难为无米之炊。)
   2. 使语气委婉,如:I have brought back what you want not without 
              risk and danger.
 Nothing is impossible 
              if you try your best.
 
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