新东方中高级口译口语高频模板及范文（4）

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中高级口译口语高频模板及范文（4）

　　汪亮：上海新东方口译研究中心成员，口译口语课题组组长。中级口译明星教师，高级同声翻译。

　　31) Sth. is often referred to as/defined as... (e.g. Corrupt officials are often referred to as the most dangerous borers in our government bodies, who are nibbling away the healthy organism of our party by dishonest means.)

　　32) (Doing) Sth. is just the same as.../is compared to.../is likened to.. ./is like...
　　(e.g. Life in the middle of marriage is often compared to wire walking, for in the early years spouses attract each other and in late years they need each other.)

　　33) Sth. is to...what sth. else is to...
　　(e.g. An individual human existence is to the human society what a river is to the ocean, small and busy rushing past rocks at first, but gradually growing wider and quieter until it becomes merged in the ocean in the e12)

　　34) To/For/With most people/sb., sth. is/means...
　　(e.g. To dishonest people, a friend means a target or an object that is of some use to them at present or in the future.)

　　35) Sth. is the symbol/mark/equivalent of.../is symbolic of.../is equivalent to...
　　(e.g. If selling ones * is the mark of degeneration, selling ones power is equivalent to committing crime.)

　　36) Suppose/Imagine that.../Lets suppose/assume/imagine (that)... (e.g. Suppose, by any chance, you heartily disagree with anything that is going on about you, you are less likely to stay on the good side of people around you.)

　　37) We often find ourselves caught/involved in a dilemma whether...
　　(e.g. We often find ourselves caught in a dilemma whether we should reach for the bears paw or for the sharks fin/whether to reach f123..)

　　38) If/In case/In the event that..., it is better to.../a better course is to.../sb. has no choice/option/alternative but to.../all we want to know is ho w...
　　(e.g. In the event that you fall in a love river, all we want to know is how you will swim in it, as you are no longer a fisherman.)

　　39) Unfortunately, sth. may affect sb.s life to the point where...
　　(e.g. Unfortunately, the desire to be well thought of affects ones life to the point where he is reluctant to say no to anyone else regarding anything.)

　　40) In our life, there often appears such an occasion when.../on which... (或it often happens that...)
　　(e.g. In our daily life, there appears such an occasion when we drink success to our work in one field but, at the same time, begin to do great damage to other fields.)

　　本文选自新东方口译名师邱政政的博客，博客链接地址：http://blog.hjenglish.com/qiuzhengzheng