1.叙述表格/图表
(1)组成: consist of.., be made up of.., be composed of..,
(2)比例: account for%, represent%, make/take up %….
(3)上升(by..to…),增加,提高:
a. 普通:increase, grow, rise, expand
b. 渐渐上升:climb, edge up, ascend, trend up.
c. 猛增,激增:jump, surge, soar, proliferate (数量), leap, shot up
d. 词组: achieve an increase in….by…to…
Continue its upwards trend; trend up
On the rise, on the increase.
On consecutive rise
n. 名词: increase, rise, growth, expansion,
ascendance渐渐增加,
slight increase, rise, growth in..
bump-up(突然增加), proliferation(激增),jump, leap, surge, boom
(4)减少,下降,减缓
a. 普通:decrease, fall, drop, reduce, shrink, (shrinkage)
b. 逐渐变少:slide, dwindle, decline, edge down
c. 骤减:collapse, slump, plummet, plunge
d. 经济衰退,停顿:slump, collapse, stagnate, stagnant, stagnation,
sluggish, sluggishness, slack,
crisis, recession, slowdown, downturn,
e. 词组: fall off, drop off, go down, continue its downward trend, trend down, on the decline, on the downturn.
(5) 保持平稳,不变:
Remain stable,/steady,/unchanged
Level off vi 上升,或减退至平稳水平
Subside vi 减退至平稳水平 standstill n/adj 停滞不前
(6) 起伏波动:
Rise and fall,
fluctuate slightly/dramatically,
fluctuate between….and…, a minor fluctuation,
small rises and falls/fluctuations.
(7)形容趋势程度
a. 剧烈,显著,明显
Dramatically, sharply, considerably, rapidly, suddenly, greatly, alarmingly, significantly, enormously, steeply, massively, incredibly, hugely, amazingly, substantially; at an alarming rate; by a wide margin.
b. 缓慢/逐渐
Gradually, steadily, slightly, gently, marginally, slowly, moderately, in a moderate way, by the least amount.
(8)表示倍数:
a. (使)增几倍于: double, triple, quadruple【'kwɔdrupl】,
b. adv.adj 几倍的,几倍地:fivefold, sixfold, sevenfold….
c. ad. 几倍: twice, three/four/five times….
e. 几分之几: 2/3: two-thirds, etc. (at a fraction of…)
(9) 比较数据as…as…
a. three/four times as many. 做主语或定语成分
Eg. approx.20% more people preferred the diet cherry version and nearly three times as many preferred the diet strawberry version.
b.“A + be + XX times + as +adj + as + B”。
eg. This tree is three times as tall as that one.
Eg. His father is twice as old as he.
c.“A + be + XXtimes + 计量形容词比较级 + than + B ”
eg. The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.
=The Yangtze River is almost three times as long as Pearl River.
Eg. The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one.
d. .“A + be + 倍数 + the + 计量名词 + of + B ”
eg. The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one.
新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。
e.“The + 计量名词 + of + A + be + 倍数 + that + of + B ”
eg. The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.
(10) 从不同方面分析数据; in view of the turnover…., In terms of growth,…就营业额方面来说。。。,就增长方面来说;