評論
打印
1、extent
程度;地步
The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution.
政府本身幾乎不了解工業污染的程度。
Growing up with him soon made me realise the extent of his determination.
和他一起長大讓我很快意識到他有多么堅定。
在很大程度上/ 在某種程度上/在一定程度上
It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show.
它過去是個好節目，現在在很大程度上仍是個好節目。
To some extent this was the truth.
在某種程度上，這是事實。
（表示強調）到…的地步，到…的程度
He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him.
他說他不喜歡總統，但是還沒有到想要刺殺他的地步。
I became pregnant but this man was very violent towards me to the extent that I lost our baby.
我懷孕了，但是這個男人對我非常粗暴，致使我流產了。
2、compare
比較;對比
Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60.
比較圖60中的兩幅插圖。
Was it fair to compare independent schools with state schools?
拿私立學校與州立學校相比，這樣公平嗎？
把…比作
Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce.
有些評注者把他的作品與詹姆斯·喬伊斯的作品相提并論。
I can only compare the experience to falling in love.
我只能把這段經歷比作墜入愛河。
