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4 前言 Unit

4 '

On the part of'

和 '

On behalf of'

用法点津 当提到第三者的 态度状况 时,如果 十分肯定时,就用定冠词. Right: 1. The expectation of the general public is that… 2. The spirit of dedication of the staff helped us through. 但 不十分肯定时 比较麻烦,一般用不定冠词. Wrong: 1. There is an expectation of the general public that… 2. We were helped by a spirit of dedication of our staff. 这种情况下一般可以这演说 1. '

There is an expectation on the part of the general public that…'

2. '

A spirit of dedication on the part of our staff…'

注意:你只能在用不定冠词(a/an/no article)时用 '

on the part of'

, 而不能再使用定冠词 (the)时用. 巩固练习 Excercise 1改正加粗部分的词如不需改可标[N]. 1. The reluctance of the Chairman to agree to the proposals caused a lot o anger among the workers. 用法点津 '

On behalf of'

意为代表. 地道英文怎样写( HOW TO WRITE REAL ENGLISH)

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4 '

On the part of'

和 '

On behalf of'

Right: 1. I am the solicitor acting on behalf of Mr wilson. 2. I would like to say, on behalf of the Committee, how much we appreciate your help. 不要把'

on behalf of'

和 '

on the part of'

混淆. Wrong: 1. The reason we failed was a lack of commitment on behalf of the leadership. 2. There was no criminal intent whatever on behalf of my client . 这是常见的口误,常因地方口音引起. 巩固练习 Excercise

2 二选一 1. He is an agent, acting {on behalf of / on the part of} overseas client. 2. we have lost a lot of money as a result of carelessness {on behalf of/ on the part of} our agent. 地道英文怎样写( HOW TO WRITE REAL ENGLISH)

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4 '

On the part of'

和 '

On behalf of'

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5 某些语意的削弱 用法点津 通常使用不确定的词可以削弱语意,如果你在不太肯定的动词前用情态动词 '

may'

'

might'

'

can'

和 '

could'

将明显削弱语意. 例:Our findings could suggest that there may be a correlation between X and Y. 该句如此不确定,让读者感觉没得到什么信息.(建议:句子中的某些动词本身含 义就不太确定,特别是句子涉及你的某些发现或某些数据时.) data suggest that…/ Your findings indicate that…/ Your results support... 这时不必再给动词 添加不确定性. 例: 1. The trends illustrated in Figure

3 indicate a correlation between X and Y. 2. These data, taken together, suggest reluctance on the part of consumers to trust such suppliers. 3. The downward trend of the curve in Figure

4 supports our first Hypothesis. 不必要说 the trends '

may indicate'

或 '

indicate that there may be…'

;

that the data '

could suggest'

或 '

suggest that there might be…'

;

that the curve '

might support.'

.你的读者已经从你的叙述中了解你的意思,能够据此作出自己的判 断. 巩固练习 Exercise

1 指出下列句子正确[A]与否[B]. 1. We are not very fussy about grammar here;

we don'

t mind if you split your infinitives, for example. 地道英文怎样写( HOW TO WRITE REAL ENGLISH)

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5 某些语意的削弱 Unit

6 For example 和 Such as 用法点津 1. '

for example'

的使用范围比'