一些短语以否定的形式出现，但却表达肯定的语气，属于一种强调结构。
　　例如：
　　no / nothing + 比较级 + than
　　No one knows her deeper than me.
　　=I know her deepest.
　　=No one knows her as deep as me.
　　没有人比我更了解她了。
　　Nothing is simpler than this.
　　=This is the simplest.
　　=Nothing can be as simple as this.
　　没有比这更简单的了。
　　nothing less than“和… …一样，不亚于，完全是，简直是”
　　It was nothing less than a disaster.
　　=It was nothing but a disaster.
　　这简直是一场灾难。
　　That’s nothing less than a kidnapping.
　　=That was / is nothing but a kidnapping.
　　那简直和绑架一样。
　　That’s nothing less than a sheer fabrication.
　　=That was / is nothing but a sheer fabrication.
　　那纯粹是凭空捏造。
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