一些短語以否定的形式出現，但卻表達肯定的語氣，屬于一種強調結構。

　　例如：

　　no / nothing + 比較級 + than

　　No one knows her deeper than me.

　　=I know her deepest.

　　=No one knows her as deep as me.

　　沒有人比我更了解她了。

　　Nothing is simpler than this.

　　=This is the simplest.

　　=Nothing can be as simple as this.

　　沒有比這更簡單的了。

　　nothing less than“和… …一樣，不亞于，完全是，簡直是”

　　It was nothing less than a disaster.

　　=It was nothing but a disaster.

　　這簡直是一場災難。

　　That’s nothing less than a kidnapping.

　　=That was / is nothing but a kidnapping.

　　那簡直和綁架一樣。

　　That’s nothing less than a sheer fabrication.

　　=That was / is nothing but a sheer fabrication.

　　那純粹是憑空捏造。