总结了一些较新鲜的表达，可用于英语作文中。

停止，阻止

  • bring … to a halt

例句：My inability to concentrate maintain a steady focus brings my progress to a halt.

  • come to a halt

例句：Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.

阻碍

  • bog down

例句：Being open to this changing environment is a good thing, but it can bog you down.

  • pin down

  • obstruct

例句：These all obstructed the development of the economy in China.

  • hinder

例句：Such interruptions will only hinder our reaching a solution.

  • hamper

上升，（数量）增加

  • on the rise

例句：The use of online technology is also on the rise.

  • surge

例句：The surge in investor interest started in May.

  • boom

  • raise

  • mount

  • drive … up

  • proliferate

  • multiply

促成，有助于

  • inject new blood into …

例句：The meaningful activity injects new blood into our daily life on campus.

  • nourish

例句：The thought-provoking and enlightening speech nourished our capable of critical thinking.

  • facilitate
  • nurture
  • prompt
  • stimulate
  • cause

鼓励

  • spur

例句：It’s the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.

  • drive

例句：This is the main factor driving investment in the area.

表示原因

  • be attributed to

例句：Don’t attribute all your mistakes to objective causes.

  • be boiled down to

例句：It cannot be simply boiled down to one reason.

对…有好处

  • a blessing for

例句：Lack of traffic is one of the blessings of country life.

  • have tangible benefits
  • gain substantial benefits

有关，关于（替换about）

  • pertain to

需要注意的是，pertain为动词，与about不同。

例句：I am afraid that your remark does not pertain to the question.

消灭、去除，摆脱

  • erase

例句：They are desperate to erase the memory.

  • deprive of

例句：Never deprive yourself of such pleasure!

  • tear sb. away from

  • get rid of

例句：He got rid of fear and shyness.

  • remove

  • leave … behind

例句：He left the little shy boy behind and established himself as a brave man.

  • let go of
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • abolish

表示赞同

  • 赞同某观点：endorse the outlook

  • 赞同某个人：see eye to eye with sb.

表示反对

  • be suspicious of

例句：I am suspicious of this idea.

  • frown on

例句：Many teachers frown on such practices.

  • take a dim view of …

例句：I take a dim view of this kind of behaviour.

  • be dismissive of …

例句：Mr Jones was dismissive of the report.

困难的、棘手的（替换difficult）

  • sticky
  • formidable

例句：The task was a formidable one.

  • daunting

例句：Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.

  • invisible barrier

例句：A term used to describe an invisible barrier that prevents women from entering the ranks of senior-level management.

巨大的（替换big / large）

  • immense

例句：The psychological effects on the United States were immense and in Washington the wounds have still not fully healed.

  • tremendous

短语：sth. exert a tremendous fascination on me

  • considerable

例句：The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.

  • whopping

例句：They live in a whopping great house.

想做…，表达一种欲望

  • aspire to

写简历或者个人介绍的时候写自己的理想可以用这个词。

例句：She aspired to a scientific career.

表示引用

  • stumble upon

例句：I stumbled upon Franz Kafka’s words the other day : “The meaning of life is that it stops.”

  • ring true

例句：Franz Kafka’s words still rings true : “The meaning of life is that it stops.”

吸引人的

  • magnetic

例句：He is the most magnetic male dancer I’ve ever seen.

  • bewitching

例句：Her bewitching smile prevented me from passing into the Great Beyond.

  • captivating

例句：The mountain scenery is really captivating.

  • enchanting

例子：the quiet and enchanting place

  • enthralling

例句：The documentaries are fascinating and enthralling, especially those about China.

  • fall under one’s spell

例句：The mountain is picturesque which is full of tranquility.I fall under its spell.

  • intriguing

例句：This is an ambitious and intriguing movie, full of striking imagery.

解决问题的方案（替换solution）

  • cure/untangle the problem

例句：One way to cure/untangle the problem is …

  • grapple with the issue

例句：The government continued to grapple with the issue of public transport.

  • a remedy may lie in …

例句：A more successful remedy may lie in understanding the problem rather than evading it.

深刻的（可以描述某演讲）

  • pungent criticism

表示一针见血的、一语道破的。

  • thought-provoking

例子：the thought-provoking speech

憎恨、讨厌（替换hate / dislike）

  • resent

例句：She resents her mother for being so tough on her

  • be fed up with

例句：He had become fed up with city life.

遇到困难（替换meet）

抗疫、续写和求助信都可以用。

  • be confronted with

例句：She was confronted with severe money problems.

  • encounter

例句：Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another.

困难（替换difficulty）

  • adversity

例句：He showed courage in adversity.