红色词汇替换为黑色词汇，绿色为例句
1、 people ，persons ? individuals，characters，folks
Eg. While it was fine for early physicists to learn and understand the few laws and ideas that existed during their times, now, no one individual can possibly digest and assimilate all of the knowledge in any given area.
Eg. Folks around here will always lend a hand if you need it.
2、 good ? positive，sound, decent, desirable, favorable，rosy，promising，
perfect，pleasurable，excellent，outstanding等等
Eg. He is characterized by his decent language and decent behavior. Eg. He just accepted a desirable job in the film industry. Eg. The performance received a favorable review.
Eg. People all over the world are longing for rosy finance-predictions.
3、 bad ? dreadful，unfavorable，poor，adverse, undesirable, unpleasant等
Eg. Internet, the indispensible tool in modern life, often contains some undesirable messages.
Eg. Departments concerned supposed to deal with this unpleasant matter in good time.
Eg. This behavior had exerted some adverse impacts on the normal development of the society as a whole.
如果bad做表语，可以有be less impressive代替。
Eg. An army of college students indulge themselves in playing games，enjoying romance with girls/boys or killing time passively in their dorms. When it approaches to graduation, as a result, they find their academic records are less impressive.
4、 In brief, briefly speaking ? In the aggregate, simply put it
Eg. Simply put it, without specialists, our society would find itself bogged down in the Sargasso sea of information overloaded. 5、 not only…, but also … ? not simply …, but … as well
Eg. Mr. Fu is not simply a postgraduate student, but an expert in CET as well.
6、 The cause of X is not A, but B（X事件发生的原因不在于A，而在于B。）
? From where was X stemming? Partly it was due to A. Nonetheless, A could not be held responsible for X. There had to be another cause, and there was, B.
7、 A bring about B ? A is to serve as a catalyst（催化剂）for B
Eg. The use of media in the twenties was to serve as a catalyst for the revolutionary ideas that were circulation. 8、 Sth. attract Sb. ? Sth. spark one’s interest.
Eg. The first sentence, “Fancy a lady?” immediately spark the reader’s interest.
9、 Sb. will not do … ? Sb. be least likely to do ….
10、 Sth. is good, because ….. ? Sth. distinguishes itself in part by …..
Eg. The essay distinguishes itself in part by its excellent organization.
11、 Each one makes a little contribution, but we together can achieve much
more. ? Each individual can only add one small rung to the ladder, but together we can climb to the moon. 12、 Although ? While …, …
Eg. While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category.
13、 The most + adj./ the adj.-est + n. ? nothing is more … than n.
Eg. Today, nothing is more representative of the fast pace of modern society than fast food.
14、 Affect ? have influence on, have impact on, impose influence on, exert
impact on
15、 There is a n. prep. + n. ? Prep. + n. exist(s) a n./ pl.
Eg. In front of him exist two predicaments.
16、 many ? an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of, an array of,
hordes of, swarms of , massive of
17、 some?a slice of, quite a few, several
18、 think?cling to the idea that, harbor the idea that, take the attitude that,
hold the view that, it is widely shared that, it is universally acknowledged that
19、 thing?affair, business, matter 20、 common?shared
Eg. It is a sheared view that CET is just bullshit. 21、 get much benefit?reap huge fruits
Eg. The book, from which I have reaped huge fruits, is composed by several professors from esteemed universities.
22、 in my opinion? for my part，from my own perspective 23、 more and more ? Increasing(ly)，growing。（注意没有growingly这种
形式。所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing.修饰形容词，副词用increasingly）
Eg. Sth has gained growing popularity. Sth is increasingly popular with the advancement of sth.
24、 hardly? little if anything, little or nothing
25、 helpful ? beneficial rewarding, be beneficial of 26、 customer?shopper，client, consumer, purchaser 27、 very（非常）? exceedingly, extremely
28、 necessary，inevitable?hardly unnecessary, hardly evitable ...
29、 sb take interest in?sth appeals to sb, sth exerts a tremendous fascination
on sb
30、 attract one's attention?capture one's attention 31、 aspect?facet，dimension，sphere
32、 indicate, suggest ? be indicative of, be suggestive of 33、 fear ? be fearful of
34、 cause, produce?give rise to, result in, trigger, contribute to, evoke,
provoke
35、 ..reasons for sth ? There are several reasons behind sth 36、 Want to do ? desire to do, be inclined to do ….
37、 pay attention to ? pour attention into, focus one’s attention to…. 38、 Remember ? bear in mind that
Eg. Each year, there were certain course offerings made available, and students were to choose from those offerings, of courses bearing in mind requirements for graduation set forth by the administration.
39、 Have?enjoy, possess （have a cup of tea, have a repair-work, have an
operation）
40、 Communication ? interaction
41、 be against, disagree with sth?frown on sth
42、 for example ? to name only a few, to illustrate, to be specific, to
exemplify it, …
43、 nearly几乎 ? next to, virtually
44、 meaning ? implication, connotation, indication 45、 一般否定 ? be far from
Eg. The fund raised by the local government is far from being sufficient. 46、 Stop ? put an end to
important?fundamental crucial significant imperative
48, show? illustrate display demonstrate
49, difficulty? dilemma frustration predicament
47、
50, dream? ultimate destination life long pursued goal
long cherished dream earnest wish