论文写作必看系列第5步英文写作之图表篇

表写作常用句型

1.

在说明示意图、曲线图、表格时，要使用下列表示“说明”的句子结构，它们可以帮助读者弄清楚所引信息的出处，有效地将你要说的话带出来。

The table/chart diagram graph shows (that)...

The figures statistics show (that)...

The diagram shows describes illustrates how...

According to the As (is) shown in the As can be seen from the table/chart,diagram, graph,figures, ...

It can be seen from the We can see from the It is clear apparent from thetable/chart

diagram graph figures (that)...

除了上述动词show, describe和illustrate以外，常用在图表报告导言部分中表示说明的动词还有：display, exhibit, indicate, reflect, represent, reveal, unfold etc.

在图表报告的导言部分，作者经常会用到表示“说明”的句子结构，有效使用下列结构，可以帮助读者弄清楚所引信息的出

The table/chart diagram graph shows (that)...

其中动词show, 还可以用下列常见动词替换，帮助作者

describe, display, exhibit, indicate, illustrate,

reflect, represent, reveal, summarize, unfold;

②用“it”

It can be seen from the table/chart greaph diagram that...

It is apparent clear obvious evident from the

table greaph figure that

We can see conclude find from the table/chart diagram graph figure that...

构时，作者必须格外注意，在图表写作

④用关系代词“as

As (is) shown in the As can be seen from the

chart graph diagram table that...

2

①在数据统计时，表示“有”“占”“是”“适到”等意义时，常用的动词和结构有have/be/reach/hit/etc.

take up/account for/peak at/bottom at etc.

Examples are as follows:

Australia and UK both had 10%. 澳大利亚和英国都占10%

The Chinese had the largest percentage of market share. 中国人所占市场份额最大。Altogether 50% of the caudidates were from China. 总共有百分之五十的作者来自中国Thailand accounted for 10% of the logging industry in world market. 泰国伐木业占世界市场份

There were more males than females (10% and 5% respectively). 男的比女的多(男女比例分别为百分之十和百分之五)

②表示分数/

School A has almost nearly

approximately about just over over a (one) a (one) a (one)quarter of

third of half of the (total) number of students.

three quarters of almost nearly approximately about over a quarter half three quarters twice three times as many students as much spaceas School B

School A has about approximately precisely exactly the same number proportion amount of students space as school B

3

a. 用动词+

The number of family cars increased suddenly in the year 1999.

(99年度家庭轿车的数量陡然增加。)

绝大多数中国作者对这个结构比较亲切，可是使用起来又觉得死板，并且经常要重复关键的

inrease/climb/grow/rise/soar/jump/leap/swell etc.

double/triple/recover;

shoot up/go up/reach as high as etc.

b.“形容词+名词”用在There+be

There was a siguificant jump in the number of participants.

(参与者的数量有一个明显的上升。)

There is a steady increase in the price of this product.

(该产品的市价在稳步上升。)

作者应当注意的是英语中词性很活、许多动词都可以当名词来用，还有些动词可以派生出同

increase, jump, rise, growth, recovery, leap etc.

另外提醒作者注意的是形容词与名词搭配结构，并不是每个形容词都能修饰表示增加意义的名词。比如说slow/steady/gradual就不能修饰jump或者leap

c.

The number of applicants is on the rise.

The number of full_time teachers was on the increase from 1963 to 1965. 从1963年到1965年，

②在图表报告中表示“下降趋势”的句子结构及常

a. 用“动词+

The number of drop_outs in the local school dropped slightly last year. 当地学校的失学人数在

为了避免作者

decrease/decline/diminish drop/fall/plumet shrink etc.

fall off/go down/reach as low as