2017专八作文模板例句（一）
2017专八作文模板例句（一）
1) Sth. is often referred to as/defined as...
某事物常常被视为/定义为……;人们常常将某事物视为/定义为……。(e.g. Corrupt officials are often referred to as the most dangerous borers in our government bodies, who are nibbling away the healthy organism of our party by dishonest means.)
例：腐败官僚常常被视为我们政府机构中最危险的蛀虫，他们行为不轨，蚕噬着我们党的健 康肌体。
2) (Doing) Sth. is just the same as.../is compared to.../is likened to.. ./is like...
(做)某事物就如同……/可以比作……/类似于……/就像……。(e.g. Life in the middle of marriage is often compared to wire walking, for in the early years spouses attract each other and in late years they need each other.)
例：婚姻生活常被比作走钢丝绳，最初几年里夫妻相互吸引，而往后的岁月里他们则相互需 要对方。
3) Sth. is to...what sth. else is to...
某事物之于……就像另一事物之于……(e.g. An individual human existence is to the human society what a river is to the ocean, small and busy rushing past rocks at first, but gradually growing wider and quieter until it becomes merged in the ocean in the end.)
例：个体自然人的存在之于人类社会就如同河流之于海洋，起初细流跳涌，穿砂过石，然后 渐渐变得宽阔而深沉，直到最后汇入大海。
4) To/For/With most people/sb., sth. is/means...
对大部分人/某人来说，某事物就是/意味着……(e.g. To dishonest people, a friend means a target or an object that is of some use to them at present or in the future.)
例：对心怀叵测的人来说，朋友就是一个靶子或者一个目标，在当前或未来有利可图。
5) Sth. is the symbol/mark/equivalent of.../is symbolic of.../is equivalent to...
某事物是……的象征/标志/对等物//相当(等同)于……/象征着……(e.g. If selling one's sex is the mark of degeneration, selling one's power is equivalent to committing crime.)
例：如果说出卖肉体是堕落的标志的话，出卖手中的权力就等同于犯罪。
6) Suppose/Imagine that.../Let's suppose/assume/imagine (that)...
假设/试想……;我们假设/假定/试想…… (e.g. Suppose, by any chance, you heartily disagree with anything that is going on about you, you are less likely to stay on the good side of people around you.)
例：假设，不管怎样，你自己内心都不认同自己，你就更不可能取得周围人的好感。
7) We often find ourselves caught/involved in a dilemma whether...
我们常常不知不觉地陷入了一种窘境：是……还是……呢。 (e.g. We often find ourselves caught in a dilemma whether we should reach for the bear's paw or for the shark's fin/whether to reach for...)
例：我们常常不知不觉就陷入了这样一种窘境：我们谋熊掌还是鲨鳍。
8) If/In case/In the event that..., it is better to.../a better course is to.../sb. has no choice/option/alternative but to.../all we want to know is ho w...
如果/万一/在……的情况下，最好……/……更为妥当/某人将只能……，除此以外别 无选择/别无他途。/我们只想知道怎样…… (e.g. In the event that you fall in a love river, all we want to know is how you will swim in it, as you are no longer a fisherman.)
例：万一你坠入爱河，我们只想知道你会怎样在里面游走，因为你已经不再是渔夫了。
9) Unfortunately, sth. may affect sb.'s life to the point where...
不幸的是，某事物对人们生活的影响可能达到……的地步。 (e.g. Unfortunately, the desire to be well thought of affects one's life to the point where he is reluctant to say no to anyone else regarding anything.)
例：不幸的是，赢得人们好感的愿望对人的生活的影响可能达到他对任何人任何事都不情愿 拒绝的地步。
10) In our life, there often appears such an occasion when.../on which... (或it often happens that...)
在我们生活中常常出现这样一种情况/这样一幕，就是当……/那就是……(或：…… 的现象屡见不鲜)(e.g. In our daily life, there appears such an occasion when we drink success to our work in one field but, at the same time, begin to do great damage to other fields.)
例：在我们日常生活中，往往会出现这样一种情况，就是当我们陶醉于我们工作中某一领域 的成功时，同时也开始给其他领域的工作带来损害。
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