41　用作獨(dú)立成分　Track39

 

動(dòng)詞不定式可用作獨(dú)立成分來(lái)修飾整個(gè)句子，常見的有：
to begin with
to tell the truth
to make a long story short
so to speak
to be brief/exact/frank/honest
to say nothing of（姑且不說(shuō)）
to say the least（至少可以這么說(shuō)）
以上所列短語(yǔ)均為口語(yǔ)中常用短語(yǔ)。請(qǐng)做到脫口而出！
a. To begin with, on behalf of all of your American guests, I wish to thank you for the incomparable hospitality.
首先，我謹(jǐn)代表所有美國(guó)客人向你們表示感謝，感謝你們無(wú)可比擬的盛情款待。（美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)尼克松1972年訪華時(shí)的祝酒辭開篇）
b.— You’re in pretty lousy mood, huh?
— To say the least.
c.I have a point there, to say the least.
d. To make a long story short , he is in hospital now.