英语作文常用句型

 　　●表示比较和对照关系的句型：

　　1) A is to B what/ as C is to D(A之于B犹如C之于D).

　　2) Just as..., so...

　　3) A and B have sth in common.

　　4) A is similar to B.

　　5) The same is true of，The same can be said of(……也是如此).

　　6) The advantages of A are much greater than B.

　　7) compared with B, A has many advantages.

　　8) The advantages outweigh¹ the disadvantages(利大于弊).

　　9) Wonderful as A is, however, it has its own disadvantages too.

　　10) Although A enjoys considerable advantage over..., it can not compete with B in...

　　11) Contrary to widely accepted views, I believe that...

　　12) What people fail to consider is that...

　　13) It is one thing to insist that..., it is quite another to show that...

　　14) Nothing can rival…(……是无与伦比的).

　　15) …has drawbacks as well as merits.

　　16) A is superior(inferior) to B.

　　17) ...varies from person to person(……是因人而异的)

　　18) A is just the opposite (to B)

　　19) A differs from B in that…(A不同于B在于……)

　　20) …is not the same (as)-

　　●过渡性句型：

　　1) this is true that...

　　2) This is true, no doubt, but...

　　3) ...also...

　　4) It is one thing to...; it is another to...

　　●描写图表和数据的句型

　　1) .. . rank first (both) in...

　　2) .. .in proportion to...

　　3) A is by far the largest...

　　4) As many as....

　　5) The number is ...times as much as that of ...

　　6) The figure has nearly doubled/tripled, as against that of last year.

　　7) It accounts for 35% of...

　　8) By comparison with ..., it decreased/increased/fell from...to...

　　9) ...rise rapidly(slowly)

　　10) ...remain level...

　　11) ...reach ...

　　12)There is a slight/slow/steady/rapid rise/increase demand./income./population./prices./production./decrease/decline/reduction/fall/drop in

　　13) be on the increase/decrease/rise/decline (……在不断的增加,减少,上升,下降)

　　●图表作文中的过渡、概括句型：

　　1) As can be indicated in the table, ...

　　2) As we could find out later， ...

　　3) As is revealed in the table，...

　　4) As the survey results show，...

　　5) This table provides several important points of comparison

　　between，...

　　6) The two graphs depict² the same thing in ...

　　7) The key findings taken from the surveys are as follows:

　　8) According to the figures given in the table, ...

　　9) This chart shows that ...

　　10) As is shown by the graph, ...

1 outweigh   

vt.比...更重，...更重要

参考例句：

• The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.你制定的计划其优点胜过缺点。
• One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.功大于过。

2 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。