这句翻译应该是：“圣人都不知道自己是圣人”,为了避免重复,这是个省略句.相当于“a Saint does not know that he is a saint”
下面是so在省略句中的几种用法,希望能帮上忙
一．so 用在think,believe,imagine,guess,say,tell,do,hope,expect一类动词后面代替宾语,意思是“如此,这样”.
I．代替一个由that引导的从句
① ---- Xiao Wang said that he missed the train this morning,really?
----He said so.(=He said that he missed the train thismorning.)
---- 小王说他今天早上没赶上火车,真的?
---- 他是这样说的.
② ---- Do you believe he could pass the exam?
----Well,I told you so,didn’t (= I told you that he could pass theexam.)
---- 你相信他考试会及格?
---- 我不正是这样对你说的吗?
II．代替前面提到的部分内容
Mother told the children to have a general cleaning,but theydidn’t do so.
母亲叫孩子们进行大扫除,但他们没听.
如果代替否定结构,常用 not 表示省略的部分.
① ---- Does he want to go outing?他想外出吗?
---- I think not.(Or:I don’t thinkso.) 我认为他不想出去.
② ---- Have they finished the task?他们完成任务了吗?
---- I believe not.(or:I don’t believe so.)我相信他们还没有完成任务.
用什么形式代替省略部分,常常是一种习惯,不能乱用,例如动词know 后的省略,就不用so.只可以说,“He had finishedhis task,I know it.”
二．so 用在“I’m afraid”之后,表示“遗憾”或“歉意”.例如：
---- Has he failed in the exam?她考试不及格吗?
---- I’m afraidso.恐怕不及格.
三．用“if so”可以代替整个 if 从句.
The engineer may not go with us,if so,can we fix the machine byourselves?技术员可能不和我们一块去,如果的确如此,我们自己能装配起机器来吗?
四．so 代替上文中的形容词或动词,表示“也同样”,“如此”.
① He is happyand so is everybody else.他高兴,别人也高兴.
② ---- It’swarmer today.今天比较暖和.
---- So it is.是啊,（今天比较暖和）.
③ You say heworks hard; so he does and so do you.
你说他工作很卖力；他是很卖力,你也很卖力.
