1) Sth. is often referred to as/defined as...

某事物常常被視為/定義為……;人們常常將某事物視為/定義為……。? (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.)

例：腐敗官僚常常被視為我們政府機構中最危險的蛀蟲，他們行為不軌，蠶噬著我們黨的健 康肌體。?

2) (Doing) Sth. is just the same as.../is compared to.../is likened to.. ./is like...

(做)某事物就如同……/可以比作……/類似于……/就像……。? (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.)

例：婚姻生活常被比作走鋼絲繩，最初幾年里夫妻相互吸引，而往后的歲月里他們則相互需 要對方。?

3) Sth. is to...what sth. else is to...

某事物之于……就像另一事物之于……? (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 end.)

例：個體自然人的存在之于人類社會就如同河流之于海洋，起初細流跳涌，穿砂過石，然后 漸漸變得寬闊而深沉，直到最后匯入大海。

4) To/For/With most people/sb., sth. is/means...

對大部分人/某人來說，某事物就是/意味著……? (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.)

例：對心懷叵測的人來說，朋友就是一個靶子或者一個目標，在當前或未來有利可圖。?

5) Sth. is the symbol/mark/equivalent of.../is symbolic of.../is equivalent to...

某事物是……的象征/標志/對等物//相當(等同)于……/象征著……? (e.g. If selling one's sex is the mark of degeneration, selling one's power is equivalent to committing crime.)

例：如果說出賣肉體是墮落的標志的話，出賣手中的權力就等同于犯罪。

6) Suppose/Imagine that.../Let's suppose/assume/imagine (that)...

假設/試想……;我們假設/假定/試想……? (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.)

例：假設，不管怎樣，你自己內心都不認同自己，你就更不可能取得周圍人的好感。?

7) We often find ourselves caught/involved in a dilemma whether...

我們常常不知不覺地陷入了一種窘境：是……還是……呢。? (e.g. We often find ourselves caught in a dilemma whether we should reach for the bear's paw or for the shark's fin/whether to reach for...)

例：我們常常不知不覺就陷入了這樣一種窘境：我們謀熊掌還是鯊鰭。?

8) 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...

如果/萬一/在……的情況下，最好……/……更為妥當/某人將只能……，除此以外別 無選擇/別無他途。/我們只想知道怎樣……? (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.)

例：萬一你墜入愛河，我們只想知道你會怎樣在里面游走，因為你已經不再是漁夫了。?

9) Unfortunately, sth. may affect sb.'s life to the point where...

不幸的是，某事物對人們生活的影響可能達到……的地步。? (e.g. Unfortunately, the desire to be well thought of affects one's life to the point where he is reluctant to say no to anyone else regarding anything.)

例：不幸的是，贏得人們好感的愿望對人的生活的影響可能達到他對任何人任何事都不情愿 拒絕的地步。?

10) In our life, there often appears such an occasion when.../on which... (或it often happens that...)

在我們生活中常常出現這樣一種情況/這樣一幕，就是當……/那就是……(或：…… 的現象屢見不鮮)? (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.)
 

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