All it takes=what it takes?

Question

A+is all it takes to+B 只要做到A就能夠達到B

*Honesty is all it takes to win people's trust.

跟Honesty is ''what it takes'' to win people's trust.這兩句意思是否完全一樣,還是其中有些微的不同呢?

Answer 1

All it takes=what it takes? -----
問題的答案其實就是一個公式：all (that) + 子句= what + 子句

all that .......的結構就是：先行詞 all + 關係代名詞 that；而 what 則是無須任何先行詞的關係代名詞，底下幾個例子：

all (that) he wants = what he wants
all (that) we care about = what we care about
all (that) is important = what is important
all (that) gets people crazy = what gets people crazy
Honesty is all (that) it takes to win people's trust. = Honesty is what it takes to win people's trust. = All (that) it takes to win people's trust is honesty. = What it takes to win people's trust is honesty. (意思完全相同)

2007-02-03 23:21:33 補充：
更正：
"all that"的 "that" 須在其後接的子句中有主詞時才可以省略，不然就不能省略，以便作文字結構上的假主詞．所以前面增列的例句中 ，下面的不可省略 "that"：
all that is important = what is important
all that gets people crazy = what gets people crazy

Answer 2

第一句可翻成"要贏得他人信任的不二法門就是誠實"
第二句則為"要贏得他人信任必須要誠實"
意指除了要誠實之外
還要再做些別的事情才能贏得他人信任
兩句稍有不同