Lesson 49 主语+know better than to+动词原形
句型“主语+know better than to+不定式”是一个表示否定程度的句型，翻译为“……很懂得……而不至于……”。
征服句型
●Tom knows better than to make such a foolish mistake.
汤姆懂得而不至于犯这样愚蠢的错误。
●You should know better than to make fun of a disabled.
你应该懂得而不至于去嘲笑一个残疾人。
●You should know better than to readily believe a black man.
你应该知道而不至于去轻信一个小人。
●Tom certainly knows better than to spank his wife.
汤姆很明白而不至于去打他的妻子。
●My youngest daughter knows better than to fall in love with such a poor boy.
我的小女儿懂得而不至于爱上这样一个穷小子。
●She knows better than to go alone on such a night.
在这样的夜晚，她不至于连不宜单独外出也不知道。
征服对话
●I should know better than to break my mother’s beloved vase.
●There is another chance to save it.
我应该懂得而不至于打破我妈妈心爱的花瓶。还有补救的机会。
●That film star knows better than to scold a media in public.
●It’s a foolish behavior.
那个电影明星懂得而不至于在公共场所骂那个记者。这是一个愚蠢的行为。
●The search party should know better than to go the wrong way.
●They are trying their best to find the exit.
搜索队应该明白而不至于走错路。他们正尽最大的努力寻找出口。