雅思小作文圖表題表達(dá)短語(2)

　　reach a plateau 進(jìn)入平穩(wěn)狀態(tài)

　　By 2002, this improvement had reached a plateau.

　　到了 2002年，這種上升勢頭開始進(jìn)入了一個平穩(wěn)的階段。

　　近義：level out (at... ) / maintain the same level /remain stable 維持在(某個水平上)

　　The number of cases of the disease remained relatively stable in 2009.

　　在2009年，該病的病例數(shù)量維持在一個穩(wěn)定的水平上。

　　反義：fluctuate around... / fluctuate between...and…

　　Their total leisure time per week fluctuated between 22 hours and 35 hours.

　　他們每周的空閑時間在22個小時到35個小時間上下波動。

　　...is predicted. 某現(xiàn)象很可能將出現(xiàn)

　　A more dramatic rise is predicted between 2020 and 2025.

　　到2020年至2025年期間可能會出現(xiàn)一個戲劇性的增長。

　　近義：...is anticipated. 某現(xiàn)象預(yù)期將發(fā)生

　　A hike (n. 上升)in the oil price is anticipated.

　　石油價格預(yù)期將會增長。

　　聯(lián)想：is projected to... / is forecast to... 預(yù)計(jì)將會…

　　The figure is projected to reach 26.18% by 2050.

　　到2050年，這個數(shù)字將會達(dá)到26.18%。

　　exceed... 超過.

　　The energy available exceeded the energy demand from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.

　　從60年代末到80年代初期，能源一直是供大于求的。

　　近義：surpass... 超過

　　The growth rate of Molosop is expected to surpass that of Densaunt by 2035.

　　Molosop的增長率被預(yù)測在2035年將超過Densaunt的增長率。

　　double (可以作形容詞、名詞或者動詞) 兩倍/翻倍

　　The company profits doubled in 1998.

　　這家公司在1998年壽一番。

　　近義：be twice as many as... 兩倍于…

　　The number of consumer complaints in 2005 was twice as many as that in 2001.

　　2005年中顧客投訴的數(shù)量是2001年數(shù)量的兩倍。

　　聯(lián)想：be three times as many as... / be four times as many as...

　　是某事物的三倍/四倍

　　The number of hospitals in this region is three times as many as that in Laneo.

　　這個地區(qū)醫(yī)院的數(shù)量是Laneo的三倍。

　　be in stark contrast with... 與…形成鮮明的對比

　　This is in stark contrast with 1990 when 60% of those who held an undergraduate diploma were men.

　　這和1990年時 60% 的本科學(xué)歷持有者是男人的事實(shí)形成了鮮明的對比。

　　近義：is in marked contrast with... 與…形成明顯的對比

　　This new trend is in marked contrast with the trend it experienced in the 1980s.

　　這種新的潮流和在80年代曾流行的潮流形成了明顯的對比。

　　聯(lián)想：over the following... days / months / years 在之后的某段時間里

　　The number of patients fell sharply over the following three months.

　　在之后的三個月里，病人的數(shù)量急劇下降。

　　is only marginally more...than... 與…相比僅是略微更…

　　Thus we can see that the new organization is only marginally more efficient than the old one.

　　所以我們能看出這個新的機(jī)構(gòu)與舊的那家相比也只是略微更高效一點(diǎn)。

　　近義：is only fractionally more... than... 與…相比僅稍微更…

　　The aging of the population is only fractionally faster than that in the last decade.

　　如今人口老齡化的速度相比上個十年來說只是稍微加速了一點(diǎn)。

　　反義：is considerably more...than... 遠(yuǎn)比…更加

　　Keolho's birth rate is considerably higher than that of Nowsba.

　　Keolho的出生率遠(yuǎn)比Nowsba的要高。