8. 稳定在一个水平上： Level off at Stabilise at e.g.: Its consumption levels remained stable at around 14% over the Level out at
three decades. Reached a plateau at Hover at
Remain stable at 9. 波动： e.g.: In spite of some fluctuations in the expected percentages, the Fluctuate v.
proportion of older people will continue to rise in the next two Fluctuation n.
Fluctuate between…and… decades. 10. 经历了某种变化： See Experience e.g.: The cost of furniture and equipment saw an opposite trend. witness 11. 到达最高点： Peak at v. Reach the peak at v./n. Reach the highest point at 12. 到达最低点： Reach the bottom at n. Bottom out at v. The lowest point at 13. 到达多少数量： Reach Hit
Arrive at Register Amout to Stand at 14. 占多少（后面跟%百分数或者数字）： Account for e.g.: This cost decreased to only 5% of total expenditure in 1991 but Make up rose dramatically in 2011 when it represented 23% of the school Represent budget. Occupy Overall, teachers’ salaries constituted the largest cost to the Constitute school. 15. 预测： e.g.: The proportion of elderly people in all three Expect countries is expected to increase to almost Predict Project 25%. 常用被动：A is expected/projected/predicted to reach 16. 表示速度快的形容词： Sharp (sharply) Rapid (rapidly)
Dramatic (dramatically) Precipitous (precipitously) Drastic (drastically) Steep (steeply)
17. 表示缓慢、逐渐或者持续的形容词： Gradual (gradually) Gentle (gently) Steady (steadily) Slow
Consistent
18. 表示大幅度的形容词&副词: Marked adj. Significant (significantly) adj./adv. Substantial (substantially) adj./adv Considerably adv
19. 表示小幅度的形容词&副词: Modest Slight Moderate
Marginal (marginally) Minimal 极少的 Minimum 最少的 20. 大约： About Roughly Around Just over
Approximately Just under 21. 分别： Respectively 用在句子结尾，表示两组元素分别对应 e.g.: Globally, 65% of degradation is caused by too constituting 35% and 30% respectively.
e.g.: A more dramatic rise is predicted between 2030 and 2040. e.g.: The number of people working as scientists and technicians in industrialised countries increased steadily from 55 to 85 per 1,000 people between 1980 and 1990. e.g.:The consumption of fast food also declined, but much less significantly. e.g.: Italy’s spending on personal stereos is only marginally (很小幅度地) greater than that of Germany. The impact of this on North America was minimal, with only 0.2% of land affected. e.g.: In 1940 the proportion of people aged 65 and over stood at approximately 7% in Sweden. much animal grazing and tree clearance,
22. 同样地： Similarly e.g.: Similarly, the cost of insurance saw a rising trend, growing Likewise
from only 2% to 8% by 2001. 多用在句首来引出类比
Likewise, in terms of the number of years of schooling
received, we can see that the length of time people spent
at school in these countries was much greater in 1980. 23. 对比： Unlike…. 与…不同…,多用于句首表示对比 In comparision… 比较来说 By/In contrast… 对比来说…
A…while/ whereas B A…而B则… e.g.: Expenditure on resources such as books had increased to 20% by 1991 before decreasing to only 9% by the end of the period. By/In contrast, the cost of furniture and equipment saw an opposite trend. Europe had as much as 9.8% of degradation due to deforestation, while/whereas the impact of this on Oceania and North America was minimal. While/whereas用于表示一句话内部主句与从句间的对比