十五. 比較

　　1. A is to B what X is to Y. A對于B 就象X對于Y

　　eg. Food is to man what oil is to machines.

　　2. ……more…, less…

　　eg. The closer to Christmas, the crazier they get; they become more agitated, less patient.

　　十六. 否定

　　1. 雙重否定

　　not uncommon = common 平常的,普通的

　　not unusual = usual 平常的，通常的

　　not inevitable=evitable 可以避免的

　　(盡量把要強調的普通的形容詞改成雙重否定, 為文章多增加亮點)

　　2. by no means 并沒有;當然不

　　3. no longer/more 不再

　　eg. I am no longer that ignorant girl.

　　十七. 程度

　　1. all the more 更加

　　eg. That makes London all the more fascinating, doesn't it?

　　eg. It is all the more surprising therefore that…

　　2. more than 做副詞, 意為 "多過…", "比…以上", "比…更"

　　eg. I am more than happy to hear from you.

　　3. more than you can… 遠超過你…

　　eg. The situation is very abominable more than you can stand.環(huán)境非常惡劣,你無法忍受.

　　十八. 論相互關系

　　1. A have much(nothing) to do with B

　　2. A be closely related to B

　　3.A be directly bound up with B

　　4. a definite link between …and…

　　十九.直陳觀點

　　1. more than…can 簡直不,無法,難以…

　　eg. The beauty of the city is more than I can describe.

　　2. beyond description 無法描述

　　eg. The beauty of the city is beyond description.

　　3. There is no point(use) in doing… …是沒有任何意義的.

　　4. The first nut for us to crack is … 我們首先要解決的問題是…

　　5. short-sighted policy 眼光短淺的政策

　　6. while ……with one hand, ……with the other. 當(我們)一方面…., 而另一方面…

　　eg. While money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other.

　　7. far from 遠離,遠遠不,非但不

　　eg. Far from taking exception(take exception:反對), no one is even mildly surprised.

　　8. be bound to

　　eg. Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education.

　　9. (or) vice-versa 反之亦然

　　10. sth. be measured in terms of … sth.用…來衡量

　　eg. "success" is measured in terms of freedom from insecurity.

　　11…. (現(xiàn)象)…, upon which views vary from person to person.

　　12.A be more essential to B. 對B來說, A是尤為關鍵重要的.