1.“人们”的表达:
A.folks或individuals
【我直接都写的复数形式】
B.如果想说“什么样的人”就用定语从句“Those who…”.
【这里“those”就相当于“人们”】
例:Those who like buying lotteries…那些喜欢买彩票的人……
2.“……观点不同”
A.They have very different points of view about the subject of money.
“the subject of”也可以借用,表示“在……的话题/主题上”
B.Folks' views differ sharply.
【人们的观点大不相同】
C.The opinions concerning this hot/heated topic varies from person to person.
【可借用“因人而异”的表达:“vary from person to person”;“concerning this hot topic”也可借用,还可以说“concerning over the issue”可以视情况选择】
D.“人们普遍认为……”的表达:
“It's universally/generally acknowledged that…”
3.“在……看来”
A.from one's perspective,……
B.hold the view that…
C.maintain【主张/认为】 that…
D.harbor the idea that…
4.“重视”的表达
“set great regard on sth”或者单词“value”
5.表达数量
A.“大量/很多”
many a +可数名词单数 :many a student
a good deal of+不可数名词:a good deal of excitement
B.“一系列”
a set of :a set of rules一系列规则
6.“在一定程度上”
to some extent/in a sense
7.表“递进”
A.“另外,再加上”
“……”.Added to this,“….”.
例:
Sara was very cold.Added to this, she had been deprived of her dinner, because Miss Minchin had chosen to punish her.
B.furthermore/what's more取代besides
C.如果是表示“不好的事情的递进关系”,可以用“To make matters worse”
8.表示否定“几乎不”
A.用“scarcely/barely”取代“hardly”
B.或者直接用“few”/“little”接名词,表示“几乎没有”
【few+可数名词复数;little+不可数名词】
9.表示“然而”
A.nevertheless可取代however
B.whereas /while可取代although
这两个是连词表示一种对比的“然而/尽管”的意思
10.“……很明显”
可以试着用一个句子表达
it is apparent/evident that…
例:
It was evident that a journey was to be taken, and it was Mr. Montmorency who was to take it.
11.表示“越来越……”或者“不断上升的……”
可以只用单词“increasingly”
例:China is playing an increasingly constructive role in Southeast Asia.
“中国在东南亚发挥着越来越具有建设性的作用”
12.“当前”的表达
“currently”取代“at present”
13.“面对/面临”的表达
cope with/confront with
如果做状语放在句首则为:
Confronted with sth,+完整的句子。
14.“xx节日快要来临”的表达
be around the corner.
例:Christmas is just around the corner.
15.表达“喜欢……”
sb can't live without sth
sb be crazy about sth
sb be fascinated with sth
16.“只要/如果……的话”
用provided,作连词
例:He can come with us, provided he pays for his own meals.
只要他付自己的饭钱,就可以跟我们一起来。
17.“总之”或者下结论
用“To sum up”取代“all in all”.
to draw a conclusion/as a consequence
取代as a result