2018年6月大学英语四级词汇讲解:相反
By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with eachadditional passenger.
英语四级译文:
与此相反,30到59岁之间的司机在载有乘客时出车祸的几率随着乘客的增多而减小。
四级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是the risk of death decreases。between 30 and 59修饰drivers;with引导伴随状语。
by contrast意为“相反”,相当于in contrist。如:
The coastal areas have mild winters,but by contrast the central plains become extremelycold.沿海地区的冬天天气暖和,而与此相反,中部平原却会异常寒冷。
英语四级考点归纳:
by contrast与in contrast含义相同,都表示“相反,大不相同”。与此含义相同的短语或者词汇还有onthe contrary, conversely和oppositely,它们的区别在于:
※ by contrast与in contrast都只强调所比较的事物是不同的。如:
But, in contrast, it is only in modern times that Galiteo has become a problem child forhistorians of science.但是相比之下,对于科学史学家来说,伽利略有在现代才被看做是问题小孩。
※ on the contrary多用于观点或想法,暗示有很多不同方面的选择。如:
He is not poor, on the contrary, he is a millionaire.他不穷,相反,他是个百万富翁。
※ conversely暗示所比较的两者截然相反。如:
Describe your greatest accomplishment and why it is important to you and,conversely, yourgreatest disappointment and what you learned from that exprience.描写你的成就,并说明对你而言它为何重要,还要描写与此相反的你的失败经历以及从中得到的教训。
※ oppositely暗示所比较的两者之间矛盾突出而尖锐。如:
My plan for career is not single, oppositely,I tend to expand my work into diversification.我的职业规划不是单一的,相反,我倾向于在不同的领域中开拓事业。