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如果你曾經的語法基礎很扎實,倒裝,虛擬語氣信手拈來,且已經不滿足于僅僅是句式準確,希望參加考試的時候能寫出更加高級,更加地道的句子,那么走過路過,不要錯過這篇文章。
如果有時候你有這樣的困惑:閱讀文章的時候單詞量和語法都沒有任何問題,但是一旦到寫作的時候,明明想表達一個意思,卻又找不到合適的表達,那么走過路過,不要錯過這篇文章。
內容會分為5個部分,根據想要達成的不同目的,分為如何1. 強調 2. 給細節 3. 表達感情色彩 4. 寫得更加簡潔 5. 同義替換,以下為最后一個部分,有關于簡潔和同義替換
以下為正文:
簡潔
先看看如下例句:
I put Sophie's pictures in my bag? because her pictures were already packed.
然鵝,her pictures 居然重復了!重復了!重復了!怎么辦呢?可以用 hers 做主語,語法上是單數形式,所以,變成下面這樣子的句子,分數蹭蹭往上升啊!當然 his, theirs,? 的用法同理。
I put Sophie's pictures in my bag because hers was already packed.
Yet, beautiful dreams never last long, and theirs lasted until she had to? leave England.
同樣優秀的代詞還有 each 小朋友,用法:each + (n/pronoun) +動作+ the other(s)'?
Each of them admires the other's?intelligence.
As regards other aspects of my upbringing my parents taught me the importance of having all the family together, each one helping the others, each one loving the others.
同義替換
英文寫作中,我們不僅僅要使得句子簡潔易懂,不寫流水賬,與此同時,還需要使用各種同義替換詞,沒辦法,誰讓我們的讀者如此挑剔呢?!
第一招:使用 little / no + 名詞,組成一個復雜名詞
Harvey Keitel has always chosen the scripts that interested him as a person and as an actor, whilst refusing to invest his talent in big-time Hollywood block-busters with little or no artistic value.
They have little or no spare time to relax and recharge their batteries;? they are constantly under pressure in order to live up to the expectations of? the team and the supporters.
The careers of these people started at a very young age with little or no? money.
第二招:v. 短語 + 直接賓語 + 介詞短語,舉例:
It is widely accepted that being a loyal and trusted individual means that the people around us can trust us on a secret. 無需說 trust us when they tell us a secret,簡潔多了