2019年3月9日 星期六

[寫作] 英文必備轉折詞用法



寫文章或者口說常常要表述兩個不同的立場。就需要使用轉折詞。喬今天整理12個轉折詞,幫助同學表達思緒更清晰。


☛ By contrast = In contrast = In comparison 比較起來
the act of comparing in order to show differences

例:People usually travel in Summer. By contrast (= In contrast), they barely in Winter.
(人們總是在夏天旅行。比較來說,他們幾乎不在冬天(旅行)。)


☛ On the one hand... On the other hand 一方面、另一方面 (比較兩個不同的表述)
used when you are comparing two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking about a situation

例:On the one hand, I’d like a job that pays more; on the other hand, I enjoy my current job at the moment.
(一方面我想要更高薪的工作,但另一方面我又享受現在的工作。)


☛ Yet 然而、儘管
despite that; used to add something that seems surprising because of what you have just said

例:Ray is an indifferent man. Yet somehow he is nice to Joseph.
(瑞是個冷漠的男人。但他不知為何對喬瑟夫很好。)


☛ On the contrary 正好相反、恰恰相反
used to show that you think or feel the opposite of what has just been stated

例:Frank is not as nice as what everybody told me. On the contrary, he is sly and selfish.
(法蘭克並不像每個人跟我說的一樣好。正好相反,他狡猾又自私。)


☛ Although = Though 雖然、僅管
but

例:Although Sophie has been working for only 2 years, she is now handling several key projects.
(儘管蘇菲目前只工作了兩年,她已經負責了許多重要的案子。)


☛ Instead 作為替代
in place of someone or something

例:Jade did not join any top company after graduation. Instead, she created her own business.
(裘德在畢業後並未加入頂尖公司,她創造了自己的事業。)

☛ Despite = In spite of = Notwithstanding 不管、僅管、無論
without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by

例:Despite the weather, Max still enjoyed the week.
(儘管天氣不好,麥克斯依然享受了這週。)

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