英語四級閱讀關(guān)鍵句：247. The first study to compare hone

247. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails.

譯文

對一系列通信媒介進(jìn)行誠信比較的第一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，人們打電話時說謊的可能性是寫電子郵件的兩倍。

點(diǎn)睛

該句的主干為study has found that，其中to compare honesty across a range of communications media為study的后置定語，that引導(dǎo)的是found的賓語從句，還包含twice as likely...as的比較結(jié)構(gòu)。tell lies/a lie為固定搭配，意為“說謊”。

a range of在句中意為“一系列”，此外該短語還有“各種各樣”之意。如：

Our discussion covers a range of topics. 我們的討論包含各種話題。

考點(diǎn)歸納

由as構(gòu)成的搭配表示比較概念時具體用法如下：

表示原級比較，也可用作the same...as...，否定形式為not as/so...as...。如：

The work is not as/so difficult as you think. 工作沒有你想的那么難。

A＋倍數(shù)或幾分之幾＋as＋adj./adv.＋as＋B表示“A是B的幾倍或幾分之幾”。如：

This book is twice as thick as that one. 這本書的厚度是那本書的兩倍。

特殊結(jié)構(gòu)A is to B what/as X is to Y表示“A對于B相當(dāng)于X對于Y”。如：

Air is to us what/as water is to fish. 我們與空氣的關(guān)系就像魚和水的關(guān)系。