否定轉(zhuǎn)移是指否定形式在謂語動詞,而否定的信息焦點卻在狀語和表語,或否定形式在主句,而否定的信息焦點卻在從句.這是英語的一種習(xí)慣思維方法,與漢語不同,應(yīng)予注意.現(xiàn)分類歸納如下：1．not＋think,believe,suppose,imagine…＋that－clause 在這種句式中,not從賓語從句的謂語動詞的前面轉(zhuǎn)移到了主句謂語動詞think,believe,suppose等的前面.例如：I'm sorry,but I don't think I know you．對不起,我想我并不認(rèn)識你.I don't believe he'll come．我想他是不會來的.這類句子后面的反意疑問句更能準(zhǔn)確地說明not的否定范圍.如：I don't think you've met Xiao Wang,have you?我想你沒碰見過小王,對嗎?2．not…because（of） 這種結(jié)構(gòu)中的 not否定的是后面 because引導(dǎo)的從句或 because of引起的介詞短語.也就是說,not從because（of）的前面轉(zhuǎn)移到了主句或整個句子的謂語動詞的前面.例如：He was not ready to believe something just because Aristotle said so．他并不只是因為亞里士多德說過某事如何如何,就輕易相信它.I didn't take a raincoat because it was raining．我不是因為下著雨才帶雨衣的.3．not…＋動詞不定式或介詞短語 在這類結(jié)構(gòu)中,我們實際上是將否定后面不定式的not轉(zhuǎn)移到了謂語動詞上.如：Jack doens't seem to like you．（＝ Jack seems not to like you．）杰克看來不喜歡你.He didn't take the boy from the tracks to safety to win his own fame．but tobenefit the boy's parents．他把男孩從鐵軌上抱到安全地帶,不是為了獲得個人的名譽,而是為了孩子的父母.He didn't come here by train．他不是乘火車來的.