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不定式作独立成分·表让步 |
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不定式作独立成分·表让步 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让步: ■not to mention 更不用说,还不算 He can speak French, German and Japanese, not to mention English. 他会说法语,德语和日语, 更不用说英语。 There’re ten of us ready to help, not to mention [without mentioning] the children. 我们有10个人愿意帮忙,还不算小孩。 ■to say nothing of 姑且不讲,更不用说,何况 You’ve wasted eight hours’ time, to say nothing of the material. 你浪费了八个钟头的时间,还不说材料。 He had to go to prison for a month to say nothing of the fine. 他得入狱一个月 更不用说罚款了。 ■to put it mildly 说得轻些,不夸张地说,说得婉转些 To put it mildly, she’s just a bit inquisitive. 说得轻些,她只是有点爱打听。 ■to say the least 至少可以这样说,不夸张地说,说得轻些 The evidence for all these charges seems, to say the least, unlikely to prove convincing in court. 所有这些指控的证据,说得婉转些,在法庭上似乎不大可能令人信服。 To say the least, their techniques are old-fashioned. 说得再轻一点,他们的工艺至少太老了。 |
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