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DSE 英文作文常用百搭詞彙整理，按主題快速掃一眼，寫作時替換平凡用詞。
Important
Requisite 必要的
Imperative 逼切的
Paramount 首要的
Weighty 重大的
Prerequisite of
It is of utmost importance ..
It is of paramount significance ...
Not Important
Trivial 瑣碎的
Frivolous 無聊瑣碎的
Inconsequential 微不足道的
Problems/ difficulties
Seemingly insurmountable obstacles
An uphill battle
Plight 困境
Afflicted by 困擾
Plagued by 困擾
Tortured by / Tormented by 被折磨
Guilty/sadness/… shrouded 籠罩 my days
Continuously
Day in and day out (day and night)
Round the clock
Ceaselessly 不停地
Off the reel 滔滔不絕地
Train
Hone your skills
Polish your skills
Sharpen your skills
Big
Mammoth (大/多得好誇張）
E.g. there is a mammoth amount of work to be done
E.g. the government began a mammoth rescue operation
Abolish (v) ／abolition (n)
Ease 減輕
Many
Sufficient amount of
Mammoth amount of (誇張）
Surprise (v/n) / surprised (adj) / surprising (adj)
Flabbergast (v) / flabbergasted (adj) (very shocked by anything good or bad)
Speechless (very shocked)
Astonished (positive/neutral)
Astounded (positive or negative)
Amazed (positive)
Hong Kong
The peninsula
The Pearl of the Orient
The international financial centre
The coastal city
Young people
People at a tender age
Teens / teenagers
The younger generation
The pillars of the future society
On purpose
INTRODUCE NEW POINTS (linking words)
First and foremost,
In addition, Aside from this, / On top of this, /
Not only ___, but also ___
Another justification deserving our attention is that …
With regards to ___ / With respect to
…. is another factor worthy-to-note
One of the reasons is the … which acts as a catalyst to them (+gerund)
GIVE EXAMPLES
You can see ___, ___ and ___, to name but a few
___ can be exemplified by ___
___ is a case in point / ___ is well illustrated by ___ / ___ is a striking example to illustrate ___ (my point of view)
COMPARE THE PAST
In the past,xxx. In this day and age, xxx.
Gone are the days when s.v.o. Nowadays...
ELABORATION LENGTHENING
To put it another way,
As a matter of fact,
It is irrefutable / indisputable / beyond doubt that
INTRODUCE SOMETHING
When it comes to ___,
It is hardly surprisingly that ___
As a matter of fact,
It is also of vital / cardinal / utmost / paramount importance to know that …
Another justification deserving our attention is that …
In the light of ___ (this), / Taking ___ into account, / In view of ___ / Seen in this light, (formal)
More often than not,
Strictly speaking, / To put it briefly, / To put it precisely,
On the contrary, / Conversely, / Contradictory, / Paradoxically,
And most preposterous of all, (we are told that there is no way of ...)
The crux of the problems lies in
… comprises ...
INTRODUCE BENEFITS OF SOMETHING
… is conducive to … (+gerund)
… is contributive / contributes to ...
… is immensely beneficial / advantageous to …
… is desirable (worth having)
Disadvantages/ downsides
Detrimental, harmful, adverse 有害的
INTRODUCE SOLUTIONS
It is simply not worth jeopardising ___ over such an issue. There are way better alternatives: ___, ___, to name but a few.
In light of these findings, we have the following suggestions and recommendations to help solve the problem.
One suggestion being put forward is ___
It’s high time somebody did something (informal)
The best course of action would be...
I am in favour of…
It seems/appears to me…
It is my firm conviction that…
As far as something/someone be concerned
To my way of thinking/To my mind,...
I am inclined to agree/think/believe
BUT / HOWEVER
Yet / whereas / while (whereas / while → use when doing comparison)
On the contrary, / Conversely / Contrary to / Comparative speaking
Contradictory, / Paradoxically,
A LOT OF (quantifying expressions)
<benefits> a host of / a world of / a range of / an array of / a multitude of
<people> a congregation of / a horde of
<bad things> a spate of (car thefts)
<sufficient, more than enough> a plenitude of / an abundance of (air / water)
<money> an enormous amount of / a sizable amount of money
A bombardment of / an influx of / a deluge of / an outburst of (complaints / questions / criticisms / information)
Multitudinous (activities / kinds)
Multifarious (activities / kinds)
An array of (activities)
A wide spectrum of (opinions)
A range of
Strikingly / Remarkably
Vastly / Immensely
Extremely / Supremely / Absolutely
Acutely (agitated / embarrassing)
Desperately (deficient / frustrated)
Deeply (lamented / remorseful / entrenched)
Conspicuously (successful / prominent / silent)
Diminishing (recent years have seen a diminishing popularity of …)
Fade away
It boils down to …
Thanks to … (the fact that)
Owing to …(the fact that)
… inasmuch as …
On account of … / On account to the fact that
attribute something to something
contribute to
on account of (because of sth)
the crux of (the most important part of a matter)
call into question (to cause doubt about something)
to trigger
on the grounds that (for the reason that)
put something into perspective
Another way of viewing this
In light of…
It is evident that
Another vital point to mention/ worth mentioning is…
It all boils down to..
Though it is true that
[RESULTS / IMPACTS]
produce the result of
provoke an outcry (to cause a reaction or feeling)
something spells disaster
prompt speculation
wreak havoc (cause a lot of problems or damage)
be in dire straits (to be in an extremely difficult or serious situation)
pose a threat to
together/ along with
As a result, / Thereby (+ing) / Thus (+ing) / Accordingly, / Correspondingly, / Consequently,
Hong Kong is an intersection point of different cultures and styles, harmoniously merging traditional architecture with modern design. It is a financial hub for foreign investors, a cosmopolitan city notable for its international cuisines and a plethora of shopping brands. Yet behind this glamorous and affluent facade, thousands and millions of people are …., and the culprits behind such phenomenon are as follow.