像美国人那样说英语:常用句型286
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Lesson 50 To some extent/degree,……从某种程度上……

句型“To some extent/degree,……”中“To some extent/degree”是程度短语,从而使整个句子表示程度意义。翻译为“从某种程度上……”。

征服句型

●To some extent, you can scold him for his laziness.

从某种程度上,你可以责备他的懒惰。

●To some extent, your team members have dropped back the others.

从某种程度上说,你的队员们已经落后于别的队伍了。

●To some extent, your fault had caused a serious consequence.

在某种程度上,你的错误已经造成严重的后果。

●To some extent, her failure is due to her bad luck.

从某种程度上来说,她的失败是由于运气不好。

●To some extent, both departments deal with the same information.

在某种程度上,两个部门都在处理相同的信息。

征服对话

●To what extent is Tom willing to help me?

●According to his ability.

汤姆愿意尽多大努力来帮助我?

根据他的能力吧。

●To a large extent, Mary has left for America.

●She has no patience to wait.

在很大程度上,玛丽已经离开去美国了。她没有耐心等待。

●To a certain extent, maybe your answer is right.

●You should give me a certain answer.

在一定程度上,你的答案也许正确。你应该给我一个确切的回答。

Tips

类似的介词短语有:to a certain extent 在一定程度上,to a large extent 在很大程度上,to such an extent 竟然到……地步。to what extent用于疑问句中表示在多大程度上。