告别万能be！经济学人教你的数据表达法

在表达数据时，可以借鉴《经济学人》中的以下多种表达方式来替换万能“be”动词，使表达更加丰富多样：表达“经过……之后”Following...例如：Following two consecutive years of decline, migrants from low- and middle-income countries sent home $466bn in 2017.（经过连续两年的下滑后，来自中低收入国家的移民在2017年向母国汇款4660亿美元。）That followed...例如：That followed two consecutive years of decline.（这发生在连续两年下滑之后。）表达“向……输送款项”send home...例如：Migrants from low- and middle-income countries sent home $466bn in 2017.（来自中低收入国家的移民在2017年向母国汇款4660亿美元。）表达“较……增长……”an increase of...%例如：Migrants from low- and middle-income countries sent home $466bn in 2017, an increase of 8.5% on the year before.（来自中低收入国家的移民在2017年向母国汇款4660亿美元，较上一年增长8.5%。）up...%例如：The price is up 10% compared with last year.（与去年相比，价格上涨了10%。）表达“尽管”albeit例如：Remittance inflows increased in all regions last year; the same is expected in 2018, albeit at a slower pace.（去年世界所有地区接受汇款的数额都出现增长，预计2018年仍将如此，只不过增速会变慢。）造句示例：I accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation.（尽管有些犹豫，我还是接受了那份工作。）表达“由……推动（因果转化）”partly... partly...例如：The rebound has been driven partly by faster global growth, and partly by better employment prospects for migrants in oil-exporting economies.（这次的反弹一定程度上是因为全球经济增长加速，另一个原因是移民在石油出口国就业前景的改善。）partly because (of)...例如：Some people are unwilling to attend the classes partly because of the cost involved.（有些人不愿来上课，部份原因是所需的费用问题。）due/thanks in part/partly to sth例如：Her success was due in part to luck.（她的成功在某种程度上是由于运气好。）例如：This week the Fed raised rates for the second time in three months—thanks partly to the vigour of the American economy, but also because of growth everywhere else.（本周美联储三个月来第二次加息，部分原因是美国经济的活力，但也多亏了全球各地的增长。）be partly to do with sth例如：This is partly to do with the way search engines and social platforms work.（这在一定程度上与搜索引擎和社交平台的运作方式有关。）be partly to blame...例如：Labour abundance is partly to blame; the owners of factors of production in shorter supply—such as land in Silicon Valley or protected intellectual property—are in a better position to bargain.（劳动力过剩也要负一定责任；供应较少的生产要素的所有者——比如硅谷的土地或受保护的知识产权——拥有更强的议价能