例2. Modern scientific and technical books,especially textbooks,requires revision at short ◎intervals if their authors wish to keep pace with new ideas,observations and discoveries.
大对于现代书籍,特别是教科书来说,要是作者希望自己书中的内容能与新概念、新观察到的事实和新发现同步发展的话,那么就应该每隔较短的时间,将书中的内容重新修改。
例3. Taking his cue from Ibsen`s A Doll`s House,in which the heroine,Nora,leaves home becauseshe resents her husband`s treating her like a child,the writer Lu Xun warned that Nora would needmoney to support herself; she must have economic rights to survive.
易卜生的剧作《玩偶之家》中的女主人公娜拉离家出走,因为她憎恶她的丈夫像对待孩子一样来对待她。作家鲁迅从中得到启示,从而告诫人们娜拉得需要钱来养活自己,她要生存就必须有经济上的权利。
例4. Up to the present time,throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,this new ◎tendency placed the home in the immediate suburbs,but concentrated manufacturing activity,business relations,government,and pleasure in the centers of the cities.
大到目前为止,经历了18和19两个世纪,这种新的倾向是把住宅安排在城市的近郊,而把生产活动、商业往来、政府部门以及娱乐场所都集中在城市的中心地区。
all but:几乎,差不多
as anything:非常地
anything but:根本不
apart from:除了
but for:要不是
by far:远不,……得多
by no means:根本不
by any means:无论如何
due to:由于
except for:除了
far from:远非
in contact with:与……联系
instead of:而不是
on account of:因为
on the basis of:根据
only to:结果是
might/may as well:还是……的好
not so much…as:与其说……不如说
not really:远不
not to mention:更不用说
let alone:更不用说
no more…than…:和……一样都不
no less than:简直是
nothing less than:完全是
cannot…too…:再……也不过分
rather than:而不是
owing to:由于
It is assumed that:人们认为
It is said that:据说
It is learned that:据闻
It is supposed that:据推测
It is considered that:据估计
It is believed that:人们认为
It is reported that:据报道
It is well-known that:众所周知
It is asserted that:有人断言
It is clear/obvious/evident that:很显然
It can’t be denied that:不可否认
It must be admitted that:必须承认
It must be pointed that:必须指出
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