英語中的過渡性詞語 英語中的過渡性詞語

　　六、表示讓步和轉(zhuǎn)折關系的過渡性詞語

　　主要有for all this, in spite of, despite, nevertheless(盡管如此,然而), even though, although, nonetheless(盡管如此), regardless of(不管), but, though, whereas(用以比較或?qū)Ρ葍蓚€事實,表示"然而"), however, even so等。例如:

　　1. Defeat was obvious; even so, the players continued to try their best to win. 盡管已很明顯落敗了,但隊員們?nèi)匀σ愿啊?/p>

　　2. In spite of all his efforts he failed. 盡管他很努力,他仍舊失敗了。

　　3. Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not. 一些研究顯示了肯定的結果,而另一些卻不然。

　　4. He’s charming; nevertheless, I don’t quite trust him. 盡管他很迷人,可是我卻不十分信任他。

　　七、總結、重復和概述性的過渡性詞語

　　主要有generally speaking, in general, in brief(簡言之,總而言之), in short, in summary, in conclusion, in essence, in other words, to sum up, to summarize, all in all(從各方面考慮,總的說來), by and large(總體上), boil down to sth(歸結為……), on the whole, as has been noted, as we have seen, as mentioned earlier等。例如:

　　1. In brief, you realized your aims. 總而言之,你實現(xiàn)了你的目標。

　　2. All in all, it had been a great success. 總的說來,那是個巨大的成功。

　　3. By and large, I enjoyed my time at school. 總的說來,我在學校很開心。

　　4. In the end, what it all boils down to is money, or the lack of it. 問題的癥結是錢,或者說是缺錢。

　　牛刀小試

　　請從下列方框里的詞或詞組中選出最合適的一個完成句子。

　　on the contrary furthermore therefore in short

　　1. We were tired and hungry, and ______ eager to reach our destination as soon as possible.

　　2. When a student challenged his theory, the professor was not displeased as we expected; _______, he encouraged us to think independently.

　　3. That play is depressing. The plot is weird and the characterization is poor. _______, it is a failure.

　　答案及解析

　　1. therefore。句意:我們又累又餓,因此急于盡可能快地到達目的地。分析:本句的前半部分"We were tired and hungry"是后半部分"eager to reach our destination as soon as possible"的原因,因此空格部分需要一個表示因果關系的過渡詞語,故選therefore,意為"因此(for that reason)"。

　　2. on the contrary。句意:當學生挑戰(zhàn)這位教授的理論時,他并沒有像我們預想的那樣不高興,相反他還鼓勵我們要獨立思考。分析:空格后"he encouraged us to think independently"表達的是與空格前"the professor was not displeased as we expected"相對比的一種相反的情況,故選on the contrary(恰恰相反)。