谚语句子结构分析（More often than not...）
More often than not life gets terrible when we think too much.
此为一篇完形填空的句子，好像是谚语，如何翻译？可否翻译成：在很多时候，当我们想的太多，生活才会变得糟糕。
请老师们分析一下句子结构，这个than是怎么用的，还有not 是省略了什么还是倒装了？
最佳答案 2017-05-06 14:36
▲More often than not 是习语，意思是“常常”“经常”，在句中用作状语，表示频率。又如：
More often than not the train is late. 这趟火车常常晚点。
Food is scarce and more often than not they go hungry. 食物很少，他们经常挨饿。
▲你的句子分析：
More often than not：状语（表频率）
life gets terrible：主句（life为主句的主语，gets为系动词，terrible为表语）
when we think too much：从句（表时间；when为从属连词，引导从句；we为从句主语， think为从句谓语，too much为从句状语）
▲句意：
More often than not life gets terrible when we think too much.
当我们想得太多时，生活常常会变得很糟糕。
其它 2 个回答
more often than not 的本义是“经常多于不经常”，但其实义则是usually（经常）（有的词典将 as often as not 和 more often than not 看作完全无区别的同义语），实例如：More often than not she misses the bus. （摘自《薄冰英语用法问答1144例》第930页）
more often not 表示程度频率短语 意思“”往往，多半"
When it is foggy the trains are late more often than not .
雾大时火车往往误点。
Educational systems more often than not reflect the essential nature of that society .
教育体制通常是一个社会基本性质的反映。
When it ' s foggy the trains are late more often than not
雾大时火车往往误点
On friday mornings , he comes late more often than not
多数情况下，他星期五来得晚。
More often than not the patient recovers.
病人多半能恢复健康。
More often than not she misses the bus.
她经常赶不上这班公共汽车。
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