别人会的你会,别人不会的你也会,这是你比别人优秀的原因。在英语学习中,灵活多样的写作有助于提高别人对你的印象分,更有助于增强自己的英语语感,从而提高自己的自信心。

在英语的日常写作中,常见的用来表示“总结语”的表达方式有: ,to conclude,in sum,in summary 等等,这些表达方式都不足以突出你的优秀之处,其实表达“总结语”还可以用一个习语 in a nutshell [ˈnʌtʃel].

nutshell 可以作为名词或形容词,译为”坚果壳;简明的,扼要的“等,它的主要用法就是组合 in a nutshell 或 put sth in a nutshell,例如:

in a nutshell:

In a nutshell, all the new mayor was saying is that the fight against crime will be taken much more seriously.

简言之,新市长所说的就是打击犯罪的斗争将更加认真。

In a nutshell, Mary only wants everyone to be happy and she is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve this.

简言之,玛丽只希望每个人都快乐,她愿意为实现这一点不惜一切代价。

As the new CEO, Mark told us in a nutshell that his plans for the company are expansion, innovation and sustainability.

作为新任首席执行官,马克简单地告诉我们,他对公司的计划是扩张、创新和可持续发展。

Tell us how you intend to execute all your plans in a nutshell.

简单地告诉我们你打算如何执行你所有的计划。

Sophie, please don't tell me fairy tales, I just want to know the real matter in a nutshell.

索菲请不要给我讲童话故事,我只想简单地知道事情的真相。

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put sth in a nutshell:

To put it in a nutshell, we're bankrupt.

简单地说,我们破产了。

He had put the situation in a nutshell.

他概括地说了整个情况。

To put it in a nutshell, the servers are crashing an issue with our power supply.

简单地说,服务器崩溃是因为我们的电源问题。

英语学习有方法,特别是词汇与语法,但是一些固定搭配就需要日积月累。只要肚里有真货,方能驾驭自己的嘴巴。