商务英语描述图表常用

图表作文是BEC考试中常出的题型。对于如何描述图表，很多学习常感到困难。下面是一些常用的描述图表的句型，供大家参考。

1. At a slower rate...

2. It reflects the great differences that exist between...

3. These figures were overwhelmingly greater than the corresponding figure of...

4. It can be seen from the chart that significantly...~er(比较级)...than...

5. In all locations, A out numbered B...

6. These two pie charts (饼状图) show the differences between two groups of...

7. The first point to note is the huge increase (in the number of)...

8. A is more than... times (bigger) than B

9. The biggest loss was to A, which decreased from... to... of the whole.

10. The biggest gains (in graduate numbers) were made by A which, as a group, have increased by over...

11. To sum up, ...

12. This bar chart displays the numbers of...

13. The chart reflects several trends.

14. But... we see a different trend emerging.

15. When we compare..., we see...

16. This suggests increased educational opportunities for women in higher education.

17. According to the graph, ...

18. The proportion of...

19. There was a slight recovery...

20. ... has dropped dramatically.

21. The general trend appears to be increases.

22. There were approximately...

23. ... had jumped four fold to...

24. ... rose sharply from... to...

25. Remained constant at...

26. The overall trend for...

27. The graph shows the percentage of...

28. We can see that... swell during the... hours, peaking at... am.

29. Although the raw data does not provide an explanation for these trends

30. When coupled with the graphic information, leads to some possible conclusions...?

31. This may serve to explain, at least in part, the mirror image of the two lines.

32. Perhaps the most telling feature of the chart is the dominance of...

33. The graph relates the percentage of...

34. Rise gradually to about 10%.

35. After a slight drop around lunch time, audiences begin a fairly steady climb towards the peak viewer ship in the hours from 6pm to 10pm at some 40-45%.

36. A sharp decline follows to...

37. Listenership drops steadily from this peak, crossing the line for television views at around 2pm.

38. It continues to decline throughout the evening until reaching a low point at 2am.

39. The graph proves the dominance of...

40. During the peak period of...

41. The diagram unfolds a clear comparison between...

42. The United States as a whole in four aspects, namely, ...

43. Obviously, in every aspect...

44. ... had a much higher growth rate than... as a whole during that period.

45. The number of... increased by %.

46. The most rapid increase of all the four aspects... As to the other three, though the growth rates were not so high, they were indeed remarkable and impressive.

47. The number of... dropped by %.

48. From the diagram it can be safely concluded that (in the years)...

49. There were many significant changes (in modes of transport)...

50. The following paragraphs will identify and discuss the trends in the accompanying graph.

51. A very noticeable trend was the steady decrease in...

52. During the same period, there was a large increase...

53. This increased again...

商务英语：如何描述市场行情？

在商业活动中，我们常需要向对方描述市场行情，比如走高、暴跌或者疲软等等。你知道下面这些用来描述市场行情的用语都怎么翻译吗？

1．市况上扬:

The market advances/ gains /rises.

2．市况下挫:

The market declines /falls/loses.

3．市况活跃:

The market booms.

The market is excited.

The market becomes active.

The market becomes brisk.

4．市况暴跌停滞:

The market slumps.

The market becomes dull.

The market breaks down.

5．市况走势上扬，市况攀升走高:

The market is on the up grade.

The market is on an upward trend.

The market tends upward.

6．市况走势下跌，市况下划走低:

The market is on the down grade.

The market tends downward.

The market is on a downward trend.

The market takes downward.

7．市况狂跌:

The market declines/drops/sags.

8．市况暴涨:

The market jumps/advances/soars.

9．总结：

[动词]

上扬情况：

The market improves (好转) / picks up (扬升) /

hardens (转趋坚俏) / stiffens (坚挺) / revives (复苏) / rebounds (反弹) / regains (恢复) / rallies (重振) .

下跌趋势：

The market collapses (崩溃) / relaxes (疲软) .

行情波动：The market fluctuates (波动).

[形容词]

上扬情况：

The market is strong (强劲) / firm (坚稳) / exciting (活跃) / advancing (爬升) / healthy (健康).

下跌趋势：

The market is weak (疲软) / soft (疲软) / easy (缓慢).

平稳不变：

The market is quiet(静止) / calm (平静) /

unchanged (不变) / steady (平稳)/ supported (平持).

对于线性图表的描述

上升

1. 对于上升趋势的描述：

a. 可以使用的动词或动词词组：

to increase

to go up

to rise

to grow

to jump

to leap

to soar

to shoot

to pick up

b. 可以使用的名词：

an increase

a growth

a jump

a soar

an upward trend

2. 对于上升到某个位置的描述：

a. 1. a. 中的动词+to+具体数据。

b. 1. a. 中的动词+to+the peak of+具体数据。

c. 1. a. 中的动词+reaching the peak of +具体数据。

d. 1. a. 中的动词+reaching + 具体数据。

e. to peak at + 具体数据

f. to climb to + 具体数据

3. 对于上升的程度的描述：

a. 1. a. 中的动词+by + 具体数据。

b. 1. a. 中的动词+副词。（见

下降

1. 对于下降趋势的描述：

a. 可以使用的动词或动词词组：

to fall

to decrease

to go down

to slide

to collapse

to decline

to drop

b. 可以使用的名词：

a collapse

a decrease

a fall

a decline

a drop

2. 对于下降到某个位置的描述：

a. 1. a. 中的动词+to+具体数据。

b. 1. a. 中的动词+to+the bottom of+具体数据。

c. 1. a. 中的动词+reaching the bottom of +具体数据。

d. 1. a. 中的动词+reaching + 具体数据。

3. 对于下降程度的描述：

a. 1. a. 中的动词+by + 具体数据。

b. 1. a. 中的动词+副词。

对于平稳的趋势的描述，可以使用的动词或动词词组：

to hardly change

to have little change

to keep steady

to level off

to remain constant

to stay the same

表示程度的副词：

1. 程度较大：

considerably

dramatically

GREatly

markedly

obviously

quickly

rapidly

sharply

significantly

suddenly

2. 程度较小：

slightly

gradually

slowly

steadily

时间的嵌入

嵌入时间时所使用的介词和介词词组：

in

from……to……

between…….and……

during……and……

at the start of ……

by the end of ……

over ……

at the end of ……

throughout ……

时间’s + 具体数据

上升和下降趋势的组合描述：

1. 先上升后下降的句型：

...... increased slowly during…… and …… but fell sharply in …….

A steady fall in …… during …… and …… followed the sharp increase in …….

2. 先下降后上升的句型：

…… fell before …… began to make a recovery ……

…… continue the recovery， climbing to ……

…… dropped during …… but increased again in ……

…… fell and then pick up during ……

…… collapsed before rising to ……at the end of ……

3. 起伏波动的句型：

…… fluctuated sharply all through ……

4. 波动不大的句型：

…… hardly changed through the period between ……and ……

柱状图形的描述

转换为线形图形的描述

饼状图形的描述

对于百分比进行描述所使用的句型：

…… % the …… is/has/have/are ……

…… accounts for ……% of the total

…… takes up ……% in the whole chart

趋势的比较

1. 表示相似的句型：

Both share prices rose sharply in January.

Neither company has made a profit yet.

Like X， Y fell in June.

X rose just as sharply as Y.

2. 表示差异的句型：

X fell sharply whereas/while Y remained steady.

X fell quickly compared to Y.

Unlike Y， X rose by 10%.

X rose far more dramatically than Y.

3. 表示倍数的句型：

the …… doubled/tripled in …… compared with those in ……

4. 客观比较的句型：

…… is …… in contrast to ……

数据的修饰

1. 表示不足的词或词组：

up to

below

under

almost

nearly

2. 表示超过的词或词组：

over

more than

just over

3. 表示大约的词：

about

第三章 写作后的检查

检查的四个主要方面：

1.标点符号：

完全禁用的符号：

：“” 《》。

2.拼写：

双写辅音

y改成复数

3.语法：

主谓一致

冠词

次序

介词

时态

漏词

4.可能导致信息表达不清的因素：

太长的段落

太长的句子

运用不常使用的词汇

一次包含太多的信息

信息不完整

信息顺序混乱