英语中的隐性否定(concealed negation)是指不使用not或no这两个否定词,而是通过其它词或一定的句型结构所表示出来的否定。在讨论隐性否定时,人们往往把注意力集中在由特定的词(特别是动词、副词和介词)所表示的隐性否定上,而常常忽视了由特定的句型结构所表示的隐性否定。实际上,英语中以下几个句型也常用来表示隐性否定。 Concealed negation in English refers to the negation expressed by other words or certain sentence patterns without using two not words, not or no. When discussing tacit negation, people tend to focus on the implicit negations expressed by specific words (especially verbs, adverbs and prepositions), often neglecting the implicitness represented by a particular sentence structure negative. In fact, the following sentence patterns in English are also often used to indicate implicit negation.