英语中“插入语”常见的种类和用法
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英语中“插入语”常见的种类和用法
英语的插入语是句子的附加成分,是说话者对句子的内容所持的态度和所作的解释、说明等。插入语与句子的其它成分无语法上的联系,是一种独立成分。插入语能够使语言丰富多彩,富有表现力,在准确、鲜明地表达思想,增强语言表达效果上起着重要的作用。为更好地掌握和运用英语,学好并运用好插入语是非常重要的。
插入语通常与句中其它部分没有语法上的联系,将它删掉之后,句子结构仍然是完整的。书写时我们多半用逗号把它与句子的主句分开。
一、插入语的种类较多,常见的有:
1.代词词组作插入语
能用作插入语的代词词组有all the same , all told , all in all等。例如:
His students was reduced to fifty—six all told.他的学生减少到总共56人。
All in all, her achievement is greatly improved.总的来说,她的成绩有很大的好转。
2. 形容词(短语)作插入语
常见的能用作插入语的形容词(短语)有:常见的能用作插入语的形容词(短语)有excellent,most important of all , true , wonderful, sure enough, strange to say , worst still等等。
例如:Wonderful , our team has won again.太好了,我们队又赢了。
Most important of all,we must hand in all the homework..最重要的是,我们要上交所有的作业。True, it would be too late.真的,时间太晚了。
Strange to say, we have not got the news up to now.说来也奇怪,我们到现在还没有得到这个消息。
3.副词(短语)作插入语
能用作插入语的副词(短语)有generally,frankly , indeed , surely , still , exactly,otherwise,, certainly,however , personally , honestly,fortunately , though,besides,perhaps,maybe, probably,or rather, lucki1y,等。例如:
When he got to campus,he found,however, that his knowledge was too limited.可是到了大学之后,他发现他的知识太有限了。
Otherwise , he would still be working at factory.不然的话,他还会在工厂工作的。
4.介词短语作插入语
用作插入语的介词短语有: on the other hand, in fact, as a matter of fact,in one's opinion, as a
result , in general, in a word,in short, in other words,in a few words,of course, by the way, for example, to one’s surprise, in conclusion, on the contrary,in brief等。例如:
To their surprise ,they saw not water this time but glass.使他们惊讶的是,他们这次看到的不是水而是玻璃。
You can't wait any more----- in other words,you have to go at once.你不能再等了,换言之,你得立即出发。
On the contrary , we should strengthen our ties with them on this aspect.相反,我们还应加强和他们的联系。
5.不定式短语作插入语
能用作插入语的不定式短语有to be honest , to be frank , to be sure,to tell you the truth,to make the matter worse,to start with , to begin with,to sum up等。例如
To be frank, I don not want to tell your truth.坦率地说,我不想告诉你真相。
To tell you the truth , I'm not so interested in your matter.跟你说实话,我对你的事情兴趣不大。To sum up, success results from hard work.总而言之,成功来自艰苦
6.分词短语作插入语.
分词短语作插入语常见的有:Considering everything into consideration ; everything considered into consideration ; taking everything into consideration;everything taken into consideration(考虑到一切); granting/granted that 即使);judging by /from(通过......判断); talking/speaking of(谈到);seeing that(鉴于);given(考虑到); Supposing( that)(假定);assuming( that)(假定);strictly speaking严格地说); compared to /with(与....相比较);generally speaking(一般来说)等,例如:
Seeing that he is ill, he is unlikely to go to school.鉴于他病了,他不可能去学校了.
Compared with other good students, Liming is a more satisfying student.
和其它好学生相比,李明是一个较为让人满意的学生.
Given the general state of her health, Xiaohua may take her a while to recover from the operation. 考虑她的身体状况,可能要花一段时间她才能从手术中恢复健康。
Generally speaking, the weather in my hometown is neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer.一般来说,我家乡的气候冬天不太冷,夏大不太热。
judging by his clothes,he may be a doctor.从衣着来判断,他可能是个医生。