be composed of... 由…組成
Team A was composed of five staff members.
A組是由5名隊(duì)員組成的。
近義：consist of... 由…構(gòu)成
System B consists of six components.
B系統(tǒng)是由6個(gè)元件組成的。
in inverse proportion to... 成反比地
The amount of money people save increases in inverse proportion to the
amount they spend.
人們省下的錢和他們花出的錢呈反比上升。
反義：in proportion to... 成正比地
The amount of energy consumed in this factory is in proportion to its
number of products.
這家工廠消耗的能源和它生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品數(shù)量成正比。
the corresponding figure(某個(gè)數(shù)字)在另一組數(shù)據(jù)中所對應(yīng)的數(shù)字
While spending increased for equipment and insurance, there were
corresponding drops in expenditure on things such as books and on
workers'salaries.
設(shè)備與保險(xiǎn)的支出增加，而書籍和工人工資等費(fèi)用則出現(xiàn)了相應(yīng)的減少。
聯(lián)想：Interestingly, ... 有趣的是，……
Interestingly, when there are three or more children in the household, men
are found to work even fewer hours around the house.
有趣的是，當(dāng)家里 有三個(gè)或更多的孩子的時(shí)候，男人往往卻會減少在家里千活的時(shí)間。
聯(lián)想：Not surprisingly, ... 相應(yīng)很自然的是，……
Not surprisingly, the number of cases of the disease dropped to
approximately 1,700 in 2008.
很自然地，這種病的病例數(shù)在2008年降到了大約1700。
whereas 而
這個(gè)詞經(jīng)常被native speakers用來在書面的復(fù)雜句中引導(dǎo)從句，與主句形成對比
The graph indicates that on average men had 52 hours of leisure per week
whereas women only had approximately 39 hours.
這張圖表顯示平均來說，男人每周可以擁有52個(gè)小時(shí)的休閑時(shí)間，而女人只有39個(gè)小時(shí)。
近義：while 而同時(shí)
也經(jīng)常用于在復(fù)雜句中引導(dǎo)從句，與主句構(gòu)成對比
More men than women hold qualifications at the lower and higher levels of
education while more women reach undergraduate diploma level than men.
越來越多的女性擁有本科學(xué)歷，而男性則更多地集中在更高或更低的學(xué)歷區(qū)間中。
