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1.What I have said is also true of us Chinese(我所说的话对于我们中国人也是对的)和The same may be true of your friends(你的朋友们也许也是这样)等句子里习惯用of。
2.True, ...和It is ture that...作“…虽然是真的”解,后面通常有but...。例如:
- True, this is much cheaper than that, but it is not half so strong. (这个当然比那个便宜得多,但是不及那个的一半坚固。)
- It is true that the sentence is grammatically perfect, but it does not read naturally. (这句子虽然在语法上是完美的,但是它读起来不自然。)
这两句可以改作:
- This is much cheaper than that, it is true, but it is not half so strong.
- The sentence is grammatically perfect, it is true, but it does not read naturally.
下面有三点该注意:
(1)在没有“虽然”的意思的时候不该用True, ...或...it is true,但可以用it is true。例如:
- Never is perhaps an exaggeration, but it is true that he often speaks for hours together without mispronouncing a single word.
- You may not think much of my work, it is true, however, that I always do my best.
(2)True, ...里偶尔在True后面加上enough。
(3)It is ture that...偶尔作True that...。