句型15［主语+否定式谓语…，+增强语气词(much, still, even, far, a lot, a great deal 等)+ less +名词词组或从句］表示"…, 更不用说…"。

　　1.    I could not assent to, much less participate in such proceedings.

　　2.    …he dared not openly charge her with the attempt, much less punish her for it.

　　3.    He doesn't like music, still less dancing.

　　4.    I did not even see him, still less shake hands with him.

　　5.    I have no mind (idea) to lend this book to anyone, much less to part with it. (割爱)

　　[注] (much, still, even, far, a lot, a great deal 等)+more也用于追补某些未说完的内容， 但much more只用于肯定句，不能引导延续否定句。 如: I like music, much more dancing.   He speaks French, much more English.

　　Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty, much more his life.

　　句型16［主语+否定式谓语…; +to say nothing of/ not to speak of/ not to mention+名词词组］

　　［主语+否定式谓语…; let alone+名词词组或从句］

　　1.    He does not know English, to say nothing of German or French.

　　2.    In old china there was hardly any machine-building industry, to say nothing of an aviation industry.

　　3.    At that time they could not afford the ordinary comforts of life, not to speak of luxuries.

　　4.    I don't know algebra or geometry, not to mention calculus.

　　5.    I never thought of it, let alone (或much less, still less) did I do it.

　　[注1] "not to say"与 "to say nothing of", 意思相差很远。"not to say"是"不到"的意思，如：It is warm, not to say hot.

　　[注2] apart from; independently of (姑且不说…) 如：Quite apart from (or independently of) saying a good deal of money in drawing illustrations myself, I derived much pleasure from it.

　　半否定句

　　句型17［主语+带hardly等半否定词的谓语+（其他）］

　　1.    It scarcely matters.  2. I have hardly ever been out of London…

　　3.  The downtown section of New York has hardly (almost not) a tree or a single blade of grass anywhere along the narrow dusty streets.

　　4.  He would hardly recognize his home town if he saw it now.

　　5.  We seldom hear such fine singing from school.  6. Little remains to be said.

　　句型18［半否定词+or/if +否定代词或否定副词+…］

　　1.  Few, however, if any, besides the King himself believed that Hermione was guilty.

　　2.  I saw little or nothing of him after you were gone.

　　3.  She seldom or never (if ever) made a mistake. 4. Mr. Morris seldom or never went out.

　　5.  Peter read little or nothing (little if anything) in summer vacation.