正反判断句
句型［主语+be+not+表语A,+ but+表语B］/［主语+be+表语B+and (或but) not+表语A］
1. I am very ill, not bodily, but mentally.
2. What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a world, but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.
3. The tragedy is not in not knowing, but in not knowing that you don't know.
4. The Marxist-Leninist theory is not a dogma, but a guide to action.
5. He is an ordinary worker, and not a cadre.
6. It is yours, and not mine. (=it is not mine, but yours.)
句型［(It is) not…that (who)…, but…that (who)…］
1. (It is) Not that I dislike the work, but that I have no time.
2. Not that we are afraid of difficulties, but that they are afraid of us.
3. It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes, and that, consequently, it is not heroes who create people, but the people who create heroes and move history onward.
句型［So far from being+表语，主语+谓语+其他］
1. So far from being a help, he was hindrance. 2. So far from being true, the news is false.
3. So far from being ashamed of it, he glories in it.
[注] 在一般陈述句中仅用far from也可以表示一正一反的意义, 如: Far from praising him, I must positively blame him.
句型［主语+seem等感觉动词+表语，+ but+in reality/ in fact/ in essence+…］
1. That sounds all right, but in reality it is not.
2. This may seem a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing
3. He looks ignorant, but in fact he is very clever.
4. The two things though similar in form are different in essence.
5. He appears to be well, but really he is rather ill.
6. He thinks himself as wise as Solomon, but in reality he is a complete fool.
[注] instead of可以用来表示正反判断，如：We must work hard instead of spending our time idly.