- 1 - 如何paraphrase 英语句子 余 明 朝 陕 西 省 商 南 县 高 级 中学 关于paraphrase 这个词:前缀para-的意思是“差不多,几乎,相似”,phrase 的意思是“表达”。顾名思义,paraphrase 就是用不同的话语或自己的话语表达相同的意思。即“释义,改述”之意。要忠实、通顺地释义句子,首先必须对原句有透彻的理解,然后把所理解的东西用自己熟悉的词汇、句型加以确切的表达。透彻的理解和确切的表达实在不易,但应当是我们的理想和努力方向。只要专心致志,锲而不舍,不断提高语言知识水平,不断通过实践,总结经验,忠实而又通顺的释义句子的目标是可以达到的。那么,如何paraphrase 一个句子?下面就谈谈技巧。 一、改变词序。即把句子的前后顺序颠倒,根据情况,个别词汇要做调整。例如: She continued to do her job despite her poor health. 尽管她身体差,还是继续上着班。 → Despite her poor health, she continued to do her job. The chaos in the south was worsening due to ineffective policies and misuse of power.由于无效的政策和乱用权力,南方的混乱局面在加剧。 → Due to ineffective policies and misuse of power, the chaos in the south was worsening. There has been a growth in the number of starving population in the last decade.在刚刚过去的十年里,饥饿人口增加了。 → In the last decade there has been a growth in the number of starving population. Overuse of ground water would cause widespread dryness.过度利用地下水会造成普遍干燥。 → Widespread dryness would be a result of overuse of ground water. 二、转化词性。词性的转化指的是一个词不变化其词形或变化其词形,而由一种词类转化为另一种词类。比如,名词通常被转化为动词来使用:book n.书→ v. 预定,diet n. 日常饮食→ v. 节食,dress n. 服装→ v. 给谁穿衣服,eye n. 眼睛→ v. 看,注视,hand n. 手→ v.递,nurse n. 护士→ v.照料,taste n.味道→ v.品尝,尝起来,solution n.解决方案→ solve v.解决,signature n.签字→ sign v.签字。例如: The company needs to find a solution for this problem.该公司需要找到一个解决这个难...