不定式作独立成分·表总结

不定式作独立成分·表总结

不定式用作独立成分通常为一些固定短语，其中一个用法就是表总结：

■to be brief 简言之

To be brief, he was happy with the result. 简言之，他对这个结果感到高兴。

■to conclude 最后，总而言之

To conclude, I’d like to express my thanks to my family. 最后，我要感谢我的家人。

To conclude, I wish you all good health and a long life. 最后，祝大家健康长寿。

■to cut a long story short 长话短说

To cut a long story short, we said, ‘No!’ 长话短说吧，我们没有同意。

To cut a long story short, he beat them one by one. 长话短说，他把他们一个个地打败了。

■to make a long story short 长话短说

To make a long story short, we agreed to disagree. 长话短说，我们同意各自保留不同的看法。

■to sum up总而言之

To sun up, most of the committee members supported the idea but a few were against it. 总之，大多数委员支持这一想法，但是也有几个委员反对。