Team A was composed of five staff members.
A組是由5名隊(duì)員組成的。
近義:consist of... 由…構(gòu)成
System B consists of six components.
B系統(tǒng)是由6個(gè)元件組成的。
in inverse proportion to... 成反比地
The amount of money people save increases in inverse proportion to the amount they spend.
人們省下的錢和他們花出的錢呈反比上升。
反義:in proportion to... 成正比地
The amount of energy consumed in this factory is in proportion to its number of products.
這家工廠消耗的能源和它生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品數(shù)量成正比。
the corresponding figure(某個(gè)數(shù)字)在另一組數(shù)據(jù)中所對(duì)應(yīng)的數(shù)字
While spending increased for equipment and insurance, there were corresponding drops in expenditure on things such as books and on workers'salaries.
設(shè)備與保險(xiǎn)的支出增加,而書籍和工人工資等費(fèi)用則出現(xiàn)了相應(yīng)的減少。
聯(lián)想:Interestingly, ... 有趣的是,……
Interestingly, when there are three or more children in the household, men are found to work even fewer hours around the house.
有趣的是,當(dāng)家里 有三個(gè)或更多的孩子的時(shí)候,男人往往卻會(huì)減少在家里千活的時(shí)間。
聯(lián)想:Not surprisingly, ... 相應(yīng)很自然的是,……
Not surprisingly, the number of cases of the disease dropped to approximately 1,700 in 2008.
很自然地,這種病的病例數(shù)在2008年降到了大約1700。
whereas 而
這個(gè)詞經(jīng)常被native speakers用來在書面的復(fù)雜句中引導(dǎo)從句,與主句形成對(duì)比
The graph indicates that on average men had 52 hours of leisure per week whereas women only had approximately 39 hours.
這張圖表顯示平均來說,男人每周可以擁有52個(gè)小時(shí)的休閑時(shí)間,而女人只有39個(gè)小時(shí)。
近義:while 而同時(shí)
也經(jīng)常用于在復(fù)雜句中引導(dǎo)從句,與主句構(gòu)成對(duì)比
More men than women hold qualifications at the lower and higher levels of education while more women reach undergraduate diploma level than men.
越來越多的女性擁有本科學(xué)歷,而男性則更多地集中在更高或更低的學(xué)歷區(qū)間中。