Purpose | Frequently Used Phase | Example |
表示次序 | at first开始 | At first I thought he was right;on second thoughts,I wasllot sure. |
| | 开头我认为他是对的,再一想我又没有把握了。 |
| first of all 首先;第一 | To do a good job, first of all you must keep your mind on your work. |
| | 要做好工作,你首先必须专心于你自己的工作。 |
| to begin with 首先 | To begin with,we ought to know what we are studying for. |
| | 首先,我们应该知道为什么而学习。 |
| above all 首先;尤其是 | You must,above all,set your heart on study. |
| | 首先,你必须专心致志于学习。 |
| first,then,finally 首先,然后,最后 | First,we go over the story,then we make an outline of it,and finally we retell it. |
| | 首先,我们看一遍故事,然后写一个提纲,最后进行复述。 |
| First,second,third 第一,第二,第三 | Why should we learn swimming? First,because it is a very good form of exercise.Second,it gives pleasure. Third, it may sometimes mean the difference between life and death. |
| | 为什么我们要学游泳?第一,因为它是一项很好的运动形式;第二,它给我们带来乐趣;第三,会不会游泳有时可能成为生死攸关的问题。 |
| On the one hand,on the other hand 一方面,另一方面 | On the one hand he had to study,on the other hand he had a big family to support. |
| | 一方面他要学习,另一方面他还要维持一个大家庭。 |
| in the first place,in the second place 第一,第二 | In the first place,we should not delay our work…In the second place,we should divide our work to be done at regular times during the day. |
| | 第一,我们不能拖延我们的工作……。第二,我们应该把工作分别安排在一天的固定时间里去完成 |
引出题目 | on the subject 关于 | On the subject of music,people nowadays love popular music rather than classical music. |
| | 谈到音乐,人们现在喜欢流行音乐,而不是古典音乐。 |
| it is thought that 有人认为 | It is thought that some of the popular novels have bad effects on young people's mind. |
| | 有人认为一些通俗小说对年轻人的思想有坏的影响。 |
| regarding 关于 | Regarding this matter, what's your opinion? |
| | 关于此事,你的意见如何? |
| concerning 关于 | Concerning their service, it needs improving. |
| | 关于他们的服务工作,还需要改进。 |
| I'd like to point out 我想指出 | I'd like to point out that we are living in the 20th century. |
| | 我想指出,我们是生活在20世纪。 |
表示判断 | from my point of view 根据我的观点 | From my point of view,it is her mother's fault. |
| | 根据我的观点,这是她母亲的错。 |
| in my opionion 根据我的看法 | In my opinion, the whole affair was a waste of time. |
| | 根据我的看法,整个事情都在浪费时间 |
| in my view 在我看来 | In my view, she is a bit too slow to respond. |
| | 在我看来,她的反应有点迟钝。 |
| as I see it 依我之见 | The difference, as I see it, is one of method. |
| | 依我之见,这是一个方法问题。 |
| it seems to me that 在我看来 | It seems to me that this reseach plan will be very promising. |
| | 在我看来,这项研究计划是很有希望的。 |
| I am certain that 我肯定 | I am certain that he will come out first in the contest. |
| | 我肯定他会在比赛中得第一。 |
| It is my belief that 我相信 | It is my belief that there are living creatures on some other planets. |
| | 我相信别的星球上也有生物存在 |
表示强调 | actually 实际上 | Actually,I find this subject rather interesting. |
| | 实际上,我觉得这门学科相当有趣。 |
| practically 实际上 | The two are Practically the same. |
| | 两者实际上是同一种东西。 |
| as a matter of fact 其实; 实际上 | As a matter of fact they kept in contact with each other for quite a long time. |
| | 其实,他们保持互相联系已经有相当长的时间了。 |
| in reality 其实;实际上 | We once took him for an expericed workcr.In reality, he was a student. |
| | 我们一度把他当作有经验的工人,其实他是个学生。 |
| in fact 实际上 | It was,in fact,the most beautiful city I have ever seen. |
| | 实际上,它是我曾经见到过的最美丽的城市。 |
| obviously 明显地 | Obviously,there is much room for improvement in our work. |
| | 很明显,我们的工作还有很多要改进的地方。 |
| equally 同样地 | He was equally successful in gaining the prize. |
| | 他也同样获得了奖品。 |
| without doubt 毫无疑问 | Without doubt these theories were all wrong. |
| | 毫无疑问,这些理论都是错的。 |
| anyway 不管怎样;反正 | That was not our fault, anyway. |
| | 那反正不是我们的借。 |
| naturally 当然;自然地 | One will naturally ask why. |
| | 人们当然要问为什么。 |
| simply 简直;完全 | His arguments are simply water-tight. |
| | 他的论证简直无懈可击 |
| almost 几乎;简直 | The news is almost too good to be true. |
| | 这消息简直好得难以置信。 |
| especially 特别地 | Beijing is beautiful, especially in late autumn. |
| | 北京很美丽,特别是在晚秋。 |
| Only 反而 | The failure only strengthened our determination. |
| | 失败反而增强了我们的决心。 |
| far from 非但不;远远不 | Far from discouraged,we took added strength from our defeat. |
| | 我们不单汉因失败而气馁,反而从中汲取了力量。 |
表示补充、排除 | moreover 而且 | He refused to help me,more over he laughed at me in public. |
| | 他拒绝帮助我,而且还当众嘲笑我。 |
| furthermore 而且 | Furthermore, he never cared for other people's interests. |
| | 而且他从不关心别人的利益 |
| what is more 而且 | What's more, I found,to my great surprise,a girl of six from Nanjing could speak good English. |
| | 而且,使我吃惊的是,我还发现一位南京来的六岁女孩能说一口很好的英语。 |
| and…as well 而且 | This old worker has experience and knowledge as well. |
| | 这位老工人既有经验,又有知识。 |
| apart from 除了 | Apart from oxygen, there are some other gases in the air. |
| | 除了氧气以外,空气中还有其它气体。 |
| in addition to 除了;加上 | In addition to "when", we can use "as soon as" to introduce this kind of sentences. |
| | 除了"when",我们还能用“as soon as”来引导这类句子。 |
表示举例、说明 | for instance 例如 | Television,for instance, is a great invention in the 20th century. |
| | 例如,电视就是20世纪的一个伟大发明。 |
| for example 例如 | “At this” sometimes may mean "hearing this".example:Mother burst into tears at this."At this" |
| | 有时可能表示“听到这消息”的意思。例如:听到这消息,母亲大哭起来。 |
| such as 例如 | There are many lovely parks in Beijing, such as the Summer Palace,Beihai and Zhongshan Park. |
| | 北京有很多可爱的公园,例如颐和园、北海和中山公园。 |
| take the case of 以……为例 | Take the case of cars,they use a lot of gas. |
| | 以汽车为例,它们要消耗很多汽油。 |
| in other words换句话说 | In other words,the output has been increased fifty million tons. |
| | 换句话说,就是产量已增加了五千万吨。 |
| that is to say 那就是说 | That is to say we won't have enough time for a holiday. |
| | 那就是说,我们没有足够的时间去度假。 |
| that is 即 | He left last month-that is,in August this year. |
| | 他是上个月,也就是今年八月离开的。 |
| namely 即;这就是说 | Arabic is written in the opposite direction to English, namely from right to left. |
| | 阿拉伯文的书写方向同英语相反,即它是从右到左的。 |
| to be more exact 说得更精确一点 | He came home very late last night,to be more exact,very early this morning. |
| | 他是昨天深夜,更确切地说是今天凌晨才回家的。 |
·表示目的、结果 | as a result 结果 | The production,as a result,has begun to rise rapidly. |
| | 生产终于开始迅速增长了。 |
| at last 最后 | At last he obeyed the order silently. |
| | 最后,他一声不吭地服从了命令。 |
| for the purpose of 为了……目的 | For the purpose of learning,he visited many hospitals. |
| | 为了学习借鉴,他参观了许多医院。 |
| therefore 因此 | The examination is still far away,therefore we plan to go for an outing. |
| | 离考试时间还很远,因此我们计划去郊游。 |
| thus 因此;从而 | He studied diligently, thus he got high marks. |
| | 他学习勤奋,因而得了高分。 |
| in this way 这样 | In this way you can get rid of bad habits. |
| | 这样你就能改掉坏习惯了。 |
·表示转折、让步 | yet 然而 | Although this sounds strange,yet it is true. |
| | 这件事听起来虽然奇怪,然而却是真的。 |
| however 可是;不过 | However,we will look into the matter later. |
| | 不过我们以后还要调查这件事。 |
| nevertheless 然而 | Some of them hadn't for 36 hours,They went on working nevertheless. |
| | 有些人已经38个小时未睡,然而他们仍继续工作。 |
| after all 到底;毕竟 | What harm does it do after all? |
| | 这到底有什么危害呢? |
| whereas 而 | He thought I was lying,whereas I was telling the truth. |
| | 他认为我在撤谎,而我说的确实是真话。 |
| even if 即使 | Even if we achieve great success in our work, there is no reason to feel conceited. |
| | 即使我们的工作取得了巨大成绩,也没有理由感到骄傲。 |
| on the contrary 相反 | You think it simple,but on the contrary,it is complicated. |
| | 你认为这容易,但是相反,这很复杂。 |
| no matter 不管 | No matter how difficult it may be, we are determined to carry the research to the end. |
| | 不管有多少困难,我们决心把这项研究进行到底。 |
| in spite of 不管;尽管 | In spite of the cold weather, we went on digging the earth. |
| | 尽管天冷,我们还是继续挖土。 |
| all the same 仍然;尽管如此 | He is not doing a very good job. All the same,you have to admit that he is doing his best. |
| | 他工作做得不很好。尽管如此,你还得承认他尽了最大的努力。 |
·表示条件、原因 | Once 一旦 | Once you begin,you must continue. |
| | 一旦开始,你就必须继续下去 |
| as long as 只要 | I will fight for the cause of Communism as long as I live. |
| | 只要我活着一天,就要为共产主义奋斗一天 |
| supposing 假如 | Supposing that yon were rich, what then? |
| | 假如你很富裕的话,那么会怎样呢? |
| in case 万一;假使 | In case I forget,please remind me about it. |
| | 万一我忘了,请提醒我 |
| on condition that 如果;倘若 | We shall go to Guangzhou for our holiday,on condition that it isn't too expensive. |
| | 倘若费用不太贵,我们将去广州度假。 |
| on account of 因为 | On account of the bad weather,the harvest was poor. |
| | 由于天气不好,农作物歉收。 |
| thanks to 由于 | Thanks to her ability,she has achieved great success. |
| | 由于她的才能,她获得了极大的成功 |
| as far as 根据 | As far as I know, it is less valuable than diamond. |
| | 据我所知,它不如金刚石贵重。 |
| owing to 由于 | Owing to his lack of experience,he didn't do the work well. |
| | 他由于缺乏经验,没有将工作做好 |
| but for 要不是有 | But for his help,we would have failed. |
| | 要不是有他帮忙,我们是不会成功的。 |
| according to 根据;按照 | According to the weather report, it is going to snow tomorrow. |
| | 根据天气预报,明天要下雪。 |
| considering 考虑到 | Considering that the time is short,you ought tO go all out to fulfil the plan. |
| | 考虑到时间不多了,你应该全力以赴去完成计划。 |
| it is understood that 不用说;大家知道 | It is understood that strict discipline is good for a student. |
| | 大家都知道, 严格的纪律对一个学生来说是有好处的。 |
| it was noted above that 前面已经指出 | It was noted above that hard work and labour are often neceaaary to train a man's talent. |
| | 我们在前面已经指出,艰苦的工作与劳动,常常是锻炼一个人的才能所不可缺少的。 |
| it will be seen from this 由此可见 | It will be seen from this that the need for water is increasing day by day. |
| | 由此可见,对水的需要正在日益变得迫切。 |