其实在托福写作考试中,我们经常也会用到一些固定搭配,这些可以辅助我们更好地来*写作水平。
1.NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO
例句:It is undeniable that by taking a major-related part-job, students can not merely improve their academic studies, but also gain much experience, which they will never be able to get from the textbooks.
[参考翻译]:不可否认的是学生通过做一份和专业相关的工作不仅能够*他们的专业能力,而且能获得从课本上得不到的经验。
2.BUT ...AS WELL
To most people, education means schools. But education has many other sources as well the home, museums, television, advertising, newspapers, and magazines.
[参考翻译]:对大多数人来说,教育意味着学校。但是教育还有其他的渠道,如家庭、娱乐场所、电视、广告、报纸、杂志等。
We are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well.
[参考翻译]:我们经常听到这样的建议:人老了,要*持体育活动。但老年人还需要*持大脑活动。
3.AS MUCH... AS
例句:Many old people like to spend mornings in parks. They go there as muchfor companionship as for physical exercise.
[参考翻译]:许多老人喜欢早晨到公园去。他们到那里去既是为了锻炼,也是为了交友谈心。
例句: The success of the government’s anti-inflation efforts will depend as much on strong political will as on wise economic policy.
[参考翻译]:政府反通货膨胀的努力的成功既有赖于明智的经济政策,也有赖于政治上的坚决意志。
4.NO LESS(...) THAN
例句:As regards our foreign policy, it is no less our interest than our duty to maintain the most friendly relations with other countries.
[参考翻译]:关于我们的对外政策,维持和其他国家的友好关系,既是我们的义务,也同样是我们的利益。
例句:Printing does as much harm as good, since it gives us bad books as well as good ones, and propagates falsehood and error less than knowledge and truth.
[参考翻译]:印刷给我们带来好处,也带来坏处,因为它出版了好书,也出版了坏书,宣传了真理和知识,也散布了谬误和错误。
5. AS WELL AS
例句:Businessmen should be honest, because, for the most part, businessmen are leaders of the larger community as -well as of their own enterprises.
[参考翻译]:商人应该诚实,因为就大多数人来说,他们既是自己企业的*人,又是较大社区的*人。
例句:We should keep optimistic, for there is a great opportunity as -well as great danger in the present crisis, as the Chinese word“crisis” suggests which is a combination of two meanings: danger and opportunity.
[参考翻译]:我们应该*持乐观,因为在目前的危机中,既存在危险,又存在很大的机会。正如中文‘危机”这个词组所隐含的意思,它是由危险和机会两个意思所组成的。