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无论何种类型的写作考试,我们都会频繁的说到某一个东西很重要。这其实很好理解。当我们在开头表明了立场支持某一个东西(暂且看成 A)后,如果想证明我们的立场肯定要写 A 很重要,因为 A 对 X 有好处。比如环境很重要,因为它影响大家的健康;再比如钱很重要,因为它可以用来改善生活质量等等;因此,A 对于 X 很重要这样的表达可以说是写作中最重要的表达,没有之一。
sine qua non
解释
这个词字面上解释 “Without which, not.” 。 也就是说 “Without (A), (X) won’t be possible.” 没有 A 的话 X 是不可能的,自然就可以理解成 A 是 X 的前提 或者 A 对于 X 至关重要。
不同来源的例句
A solid customer base is the sine qua non to success.
坚实的客户基础对于成功很重要。
A good agent is a sine qua non for an actor’s career.
一个好的经纪人对于演员的职业生涯至关重要。
His support was really the sine qua non for her candidacy.
他的支持对于她的候选人资格真的十分重要。
From: Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder
That is depressing for those who seek Martians, even bacterial ones, for most biologists agree that liquid water is a sine qua non of life.
对于那些寻找来自火星的哪怕是细菌生物的人来说,那是令人沮丧的。因为大部分生物学家都会同意水是生命之源。
Permits became sine qua non, but in poorer countries the environment ministries that were expected to issue them did not always exist.
许可证变得尤为关键,但是在贫穷的国家,本应该颁发这些证件的环保部门并不存在。
From: The Economist
There is, though, one thing these two founders are missing, and it is almost the sine qua non of the fabled Silicon Valley startup.
两个创始人忽视了一个东西,而它对于传说中的硅谷的创业公司非常重要。
From: Newsweek
The control of inflation is a sine qua non for economic stability.
控制通货膨胀是经济稳定的前提。
From: Longman Dictionary
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