英语写作-句子

写作的关键是什么？

句子，句子是组成文章的基本单元，没有表达清晰，结构完整的句子，就不可能有好的文章。

此篇主要记录在阅读中遇到的好句子，好句式，好句型，以方便回顾。

Only倒装

在句首的only如果后面跟了副词、介词短语或从句等状语，则主句用倒装结构。

Only when you fully archived that, should you go ahead and make the other person understand that.

Only when a reservoir is built here can we solve our irrigation problem.

Only in this way can you learn english well.

如only后跟的是主语，就不用倒装 结构。
Nobody can approach him only you can.

only和所修饰的状语如果不在句首，则不倒装。
The boy was helped out only when his father arrived in a hurry.

与其....不如

be better.... than...

It's better for you to go by boat than by train.

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt

would rather....than....

We would rather withdraw the draft resolution than amend it. 与其修改决议草案，不如予以撤回。

...rather than.....

I would prefer to spend the weekend at home rather than driving all the way to your mother's. 与其开车跑那么远去你母亲那里度周末，还不如呆在家里。

煤矿里的金丝雀

For   climate   change , the  plateau  is the  equivalent  of the  canary   in  the  coalmine.

就气候变化而言, 青藏高原相当于煤矿里的金丝雀.

"煤矿中的金丝雀"发挥的是预警的作用。金丝雀对瓦斯气体非常敏感，一旦矿井中的瓦斯含量超标，金丝雀就会躁动不安、尖叫甚至死亡。

只不过

nothing but,  nothing more than

His speech is nothing but gas and hot hair.

描述定义时，可以用‘ refers to’

Modularity refers to the logical decompostion of a large system into smaller collaborating peices.

Reconciliation refers to a process that compares tow sets of records to make sure they are in agreement in a distributed environment.

On one hand, on the other hand

一方面， 另一方面

On one hand ,  loss  implies  gain;  on the  other  hand, gain  implies  loss. 

塞翁 失马,  安知非 福;  塞翁得马,  安知非 祸.