c) 用the last/least "最不..."构成否定句

　　He is the last man I want to see.

4. 形式否定，意义肯定

★★can not ......too... 再...也不为过;越....越好

The students cannot be _____ careful in performing the experiment as it is such a critical link in the whole project.

A.very B. too C. quite D. so

5. 隐性否定是一种有意无形的含蓄否定,常用含否定词的单词,词组,句型等来表示否定意义.这种否定意义用法隐藏在句子的深层含义中.

　含有否定意义的词汇与结构如下

　1) 动词及短语动词：

fail (+to do.), miss, ignore, prevent/keep/ protect ..．from,resist等

　2) 名词:absence, failure, refusal,shortage,ignorance等

　3) 形容词: few, little, free (from), far from, absent from 等

　4) 副词: hardly, seldom,等

　5) 介词：above, beneath, below, out (of) , beyond ,against等

　6) 连词：unless, before, or ,等

　7) 结构:

too...to 太...(以致于)不 　　

rather...than "宁愿...而不"等

a) Pip can hardly wait to begin his new life.

b) The classis are far from disappearing.

　　c) Pip's sister seldom has a kind word to say

　　d) The fortune sets him free from financial worries.

　　e) Joe would rather die than see any harm come to pip.

StepIII.Practice

1. I don't believe it. I think he is ______ such a thing.

A the only person to do B the first person to do

C the last person to do D the very person to do

2.They have a good knowledge of English but little ___they know about German.