今天的大學英語四六級作文萬能句系列，我們?yōu)槟憧偨Y了表示原因的常用句式。

1) It seems to me that something is not valued highly enough,the possible reason may be …

在我看來，對某事的重視還不夠，可能的原因或許是…

2) But possibly the problem lies not so much in (our institutions) as in (our attitudes).

但可能問題出在我們的態(tài)度上，而不是我們的機構上。

注："lie in"表示“在于,緣于”,表示事情的原因,相當于“result from”。

3) There are many factors that may account for this result, but the following are the most typical ones. First, …

有許多因素可解釋這一結果，但如下的是最典型的因素。第一，…

注："account for"，說明（原因、理由等）。

4) There are many reasons responsible for this instance, and the following are the typical ones.

造成這一情況有許多原因，如下的原因就很典型。

注："responsible for"，是造成…的原因。

5) There are similar reasons when we consider that …

當我們考慮…有類似的原因。

注：雖然也用了"reasons"，但一個"consider"頓時提升檔次。

6) There are numerous reasons why …, and I shall here explore only a few of the most important ones.

有許多原因導致…。在此我只想就最重要的幾個探討一下。

注：探討問題用"explore"，屬亮眼詞匯。

7) It is easy to understand the reasons for this (prejudice against) something. One problem is that to most of us, doing something looks like doing something.

理解造成對某事的偏見的原因并不困難。問題是對我們大多數人來說，做某事似乎就是做某事。

8) They fall into the following categories. 它們可歸納為如下的類別。

注："fall into"屬于，分成。

9) If (lectures) make so little sense, why have they been allowed to continue?

如果講座沒有什么可取之處，為什么還讓它們繼續(xù)？

注："make little sense"，毫無意義，沒什么用，意義不大。

10) This question looks as if it ought to fall in the domain of the (psychology).

這一問題似乎好像應歸在（心理學）里。

注："ought to"，應當，應該； 理應。

11) However, it is important to point out that …

 然而，指出…是很重要的。

12) From this it follows that …

從這一點接踵而至的是…

注："it follows that"，由此得出結論…，因而斷定…。

13) Some people think that …. To be frank, I cannot agree with their opinion for the reasons below.

有些人認為…。坦率地講，出于如下的原因，我不能同意他們的觀點。

注："to be frank"，坦率地說； 老實說； 說實話。

14) Some reasons can explain this trend. First, …

有一些原因可解釋這一趨勢。首先…

15) This phenomenon exists for a number of reasons. First, …. Second, …. Third, …

這一現象的存在是有許多原因的。首先，… 第二，… 第三，…

注：reasons與"exist"連用，拉升了reason的檔次。

16)Tthere is probably a variety of reasons for the dramatic decline in …. First, …. Second, …. Finally, …

或許…的突然下降是有許多原因引起的。首先，… 第二，… 最后，…

注："a variety of"絕對比"many"高大上！

17) Why did …? for one thing …. For another, …. Perhaps the primary reason is …

為什么會…？一個原因是… 另一個原因是… 或許其主要原因是…

注："for one thing...for another" ，一方面，另一方面；一來，二來。

18) It is no easy job to identify the reasons for this phenomenon which involves several complicated factors. For some…. For others…

發(fā)現這一現象的原因并非易事因為它涉及幾個復雜因素。一些是…，另一些是…

注："for some ... for others"，一些是…，另一些是…。

19) It is no simple task to give the reason for this complicated phenomenon which involves many factors.

給出這一復雜現象的原因并不是件容易的事，因為它涉及許多因素。

20) It is fairly easy to find out the reason that …

 找出…的原因很簡單。

注： "fairly"， 再用"very"你就OUT啦！

（來源：有道考神，編輯：Helen）