Mental health is the seed that contains self-esteem—confidence inourselves and an ability to trust in our common sense. It allows us to haveperspective on our lives—the ability to ‚not take ourselves too seriously, tolaugh at ourselves, to see the bigger picture, and to see that things will workout.
健康的心理是包蕴自尊——自信和相信知识的能力——的种子。它让大家对生活拥有洞察力:一种不妄自尊大,敢于自嘲,有大局观和了解船到桥头自然直的能力。
各位老师好,这是网上看的一段英文。请问:
1、破折号在这里干什么讲?
2、not‚前面无需助动词吗?
二处的破折号都是引出同位语。to not take是不定式的一种否定形式,大约等于not to take. 因为后面还有并列的不定式,而不定式都是ability的定语,所以第一个不定式的否定形式就用了ability to not do. 不然后面的不定式都成了否定不定式了。