IELTS写作常用词语（二）

2006-11-25 作者：佚名来源：澳际

MARKERS OF COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

Comparison within sentences

X is
X and Y are
X is

very
quite
rather

like Y
similar
similar to Y

in terms of
with respect to
with regard to

quality/size/
expense etc.

X resembles Y

in that

they are both large/expensive etc.

X is

exactly
precisely
just
virtually
almost
nearly

the same as Y.

Both X and Y are large/expensive etc.
X is as large as Y.
X is no larger than Y.
X is the same size as Y.

X is costly to buy

and

it is (also) costly to maintain.

Comparison between sentences

X is expensive to buy.

Similarly,
Likewise,
Moreover,
Furthermore,
In addition,

it is expensive to maintain/operate etc.

Contrast within sentences

X is unlike Y X differs from Y X and Y differ X is different from Y X contrasts with Y	with respect to with regard to in terms of	size/expense etc.
	in that X is smaller/more expensive etc.

X has four Zs,

whereas
while
but
yet
although

Y has three.

Y is
X is

considerably
a great deal
(very)much
rather
somewhat
a little
slightly
only just
scarcely

smaller than X.
larger than Y.

Contrast between sentences

X is expensive to buy.

However,
Conversely,
By/In contrast,
On the other hand,

it is cheap to operate/maintain etc.

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