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不定式作独立成分·综合用法

2017-02-19来源:和谐英语

不定式作独立成分·综合用法

so to speak可以说,可谓

The dog is, so to speak, a member of the family. 那狗可以说是家庭的一员了。

He is, so to speak, the brains of the organization. 他可说是这个机构的大脑。

to be exact 精确地说

He’s in his mid-fifties; well, fifty-six to be exact. 他五十多岁;嗯,确切地说是五十六岁。

It happened late last century in 1995, to be exact. 事情发生在上个世纪末——准确地说,在1995年。

to be sure 无可否认,诚然

He’s a nice person, to be sure. 肯定他是一个好人。

He is clever, to be sure, but not very hard-working. 他聪明是聪明,但是不怎么勤奋。

to make matters [things] worse 更糟的是

To make matters worse, he refused to apologize. 更糟的是,他拒不道歉。

To make matters [things] worse, it started to snow when evening came. 更糟糕的是,夜幕降临时,天开始下起雪来了。