4.不定式或现在分词充当评注性状语。例如:
To make matters worse,his Chinese is not good enough to communicate with us properly.
更糟的是,...
Our English teacher is popular with us all,to be sure. 无可否认,...
Johnson,judging from what I observed,is honest and reliable.据我观察,...
类似的还有:to be frank坦白地说;to tell you the truth说实话;to sum up总的来说;generally speaking一般说来,considering his living condition 考虑到他的住房条件,等等。
5.有些形容词:strange,funny,curious,odd,important,surprising,remarkable等作状语时,表示的 是评注性说明,是说话者的某种看法,前面可加more或most,可转换为It is...that句型。例如:
Strange,he is ignorant of it.很奇怪,那件事他竟然一点也不知道。
Funny,he pretends to know what he does not know.好笑,他不懂装懂。
Surprising,she got a first in the competition.令人吃惊的是,他竟在比赛中得了第一名。
More remarkable,he has made a breakthrough in his research. 更值得注意的是,他的研究获得了突破。
True,he has done his best.老实说,他已经尽了最大努力。
6.副词充当评注性状语。
表示话语可靠性的程度:probably,apparently,evidently,obviously,plainly,possibly等。例如:Obviously,he was tired of his daily work.显然,... Apparently,he knew the town well.显然,...
表示确定性的评注性状语:certainly,surely,undoubtedly,definitely,clearly等。例如:
Surely/Undoubtedly/Clearly,he is more intelligent than his brother.肯定地说,...
表示惊讶,迷惘,失望,安慰,谅解好,遗憾等感情的评注性状语:amazingly,astonishingly,
surprisingly,disappointingly,annoyingly,understandably,regrettably,strangely,curiously等。例如:
Curiously/Surprisingly,they seemed to know each other already.奇怪的是,...
Understandably,no one is willing to stay in the room all the time.可以理解,...
Regrettably,he broke his word.很遗憾,...
表示悲伤,高兴,希望,感谢,幸运等感情的评注性状语:sadly,happily,thankfully,hopefully,
Unhappily,fortunately,luckily,unfortunately,unluckily等。例如:
Hopefully,the two sides may come to an agreement on this issue in time.如果顺利的话,
Thankfully,everyone passed the terminal exam. 谢天谢地,
表示正确,错误,聪明,愚蠢等意义的评注性状语:rightly,correctly,cleverly,wisely,wrongly,
foolishly,unwisely,unreasonably,unjustly等。例如:
Not unreasonably,he refused his offer at once. ...,那是不无道理的。
Wisely,we returned our books in time. .....这点很聪明。
表示寻常,罕见等意义的评注性状语:rarely,traditionally,unusually等。例如:
Rarely,he should admit defeat without any reason. ...,很难得啊。
Traditionally,he is at home cooking for his wife and daughter.按照惯例,...