英语四级最后5天:写作关键词及短语汇总II

退步setback

古人the ancients

古老的old; ancient; archaeic

逃犯infringe (on); violate

使害怕intimidate; frighten

带来生气enliven

对手rival

吸引人的intriguing

旁观者onlooker

准确地说to be exact; to be precise; precisely

突然醒悟it dawned on me that

仔细思考之后after long deliberation; after careful thought

对比及其相关用词

可互换的interchangeable

可与…相比is comparable with (to)

普遍的prevailing; common; prevalent

是一个对比is a sharp contrast to

比作is likened to; is compared to

多样化的heterogeneous

单一性的homogeneous

一般而言in general; generally speaking; by and large

满于现状be happy with what you are

预测未来project into the future

另一个观点是… looking at the matter is…

不宜取笑… it is not decent to make fun of…

评估社会文化因素 assess (evaluate) sociocultural factors

那并非说… that does not mean that…

那有这回事 there is no such thing as

一个有待克服的困难是… a major hurdle for us to overcome is…

由…造成 caused by; attributable to; due to; resulting from

由…组成 is made up of…; is comprised of; consist

必须问题this problem needs to be considered on two dimensions:

限制limit; restrict; refrain; restrain; keep within limits; confine; keep in check

一般人认为… conventional wisdom suggests that…

这方法有陷阱the method had pitfalls:

说服convince; persuade; cause to believe

具体的specific; concrete; tangible

刻意的intentional; on purpose; intended

费时间去了解…take time to acquaint oneself with…

…是此问题的核心 …is at the

无法估计is beyond calculation; incalculable

无资格的disqualified