合理的结构、鲜明的主题固然是一篇好文章所必需的，恰当的选词和灵活多样的句子也是写好文章必不可缺的。句子的一句多译是语言灵活运用的最佳途径，也为文章的畅通另辟了蹊径。下面是高中阶段常用的固定搭配和句型结构的一句多译,我们罗列40例，供同学们在写作中参考使用。
1. 和溜冰比起来，我较喜欢游泳。
I prefer swimming to skating.
= I prefer to swim rather than skate.
= I prefer to swim instead of skating.
= I would rather swim than skate.
= I like swimming better than skating.
2. 请代我问候你的父母。
Please give my regards / love to your parents.
= Please say hello to your parents.
=Please send my best wishes to your parents.
3. 他刚走出家门雨就开始下了。
He had no sooner left home than it began to rain.
=No sooner had he left home than it began to rain.
=He had hardly / scarcely left home when it began to rain.
=Hardly / Scarcely had he left home when it began to rain.
=It began to rain as soon as we left home.
=The moment we left, it began to rain.
4. 那件红裙子多少钱?
What’s the price of that dress?
= How much is that dress?
= How much does that dress cost?
5. 那个问题太难了，我无法解决。
That problem is too difficult for me to solve.
= That problem is so difficult that I can’t solve it.
= That problem is not easy enough for me to solve.
= That problem is beyond my ability.
= It is so difficult a problem that I can’t solve it.
= It is such a difficult problem that I can’t solve it.
= It is such a difficult problem as I can’t solve.
6. 我们的老师那么好，我们都喜欢他。
Our teacher is so good that we all like him.
= He is so good a teacher that we all like him
= He is such a good teacher that we all like him.
7. 直到他昨天告诉我，我才知道此事。
= I didn’t know about it until he told me yesterday.
= Not until he told me yesterday, did I know about it
= It was until he told me yesterday that I knew about it
8. 告诉我你缺席的理由。
Tell me the reason for your absence.
= Tell me the reason why you are absent.
= Tell me why you are absent.
= Tell me what cause you to be absent.
9. 并非他两个都来自北京。
Not both of them come from
= Both of them don’t come from
= One of them comes from
= Either of them comes from
10. 我花了五十元钱买那本英语字典。
I spent fifty yuan on that English dictionary.
= I bought that English dictionary for fifty yuan.
= I paid fifty yuan for that English dictionary
= That English dictionary cost me fifty yuan.
11. 字典很有帮助。
The dictionary is very helpful.
= The dictionary is of great help.
= The dictionary is a great help.
12. 她尽自己所能帮助他。
She did what she could to help him.
= She did all that she could to help him.
= She did everything that she could to help him.
= She did / tried her best to help him.
13. 老师建议我们练习说英语。
Our teacher advised us to practise speaking English.
= Our teacher advised that we (should) practise speaking English.
= Our teacher advised our / us practising speaking English.
= Our teacher tried to persuade us to practise speaking English.
14. 当心！前面危险。
Look out! There is a danger ahead.
=Be careful! There is a danger ahead.
=Take care! There is a danger ahead.
15. 我认为这部戏值得一看。
This play is worth seeing, I think.
= This play is worthy to be seen, I think.
= This play is worthy of being seen, I think.
= It is worth while seeing this play, I think.
= It is worth your while to see this play, I think.
16. 我们去看看汤姆出什么问题了。
Let’s go to see what’s the problem with Tom.
= Let’s go to see what’s the trouble with Tom.
= Let’s go to see what’s the matter with Tom.
= Let’s go to see what’s wrong with Tom.
= Let’s go to see what’s happened to Tom.
17. 我叔叔住在一个窗子朝南的房子里。
My uncle lives in a room whose windows face the south.
= My uncle lives in a room the windows of which face the south.
= My uncle lives in a room of which the windows face the south.
= My uncle lives in a room with the windows facing the south.
= My uncle lives in a room and the windows face the south.
18. 众所周知，地球绕着太阳转。
It is known to everybody that the earth travels round the sun.
= As is known to everybody, the earth travels round the sun.
= The earth travels round the sun; as / which is known to everybody.
= Everybody knows that the earth travels round the sun.
19. 你介意我打开窗子吗?
Do you mind if I open the window?
=Would you mind if I opened the window?
=Would / Do you mind my opening the window?
20. 努力学习，否则，你不会成功的。
Study hard, or / otherwise / or else you will not succeed.
= If you don’t study hard, you will not succeed.
=You will not succeed unless you work hard.
=Study hard. If not, you will not succeed.
21. 我们停下来歇一歇吧！
Let’s stop to have a rest!
= Let’s stop to take breath!
= Let’s stop to relax ourselves!
22. 我不知道如何对付这些坏孩子。
I don’t know how to deal with these bad children.
= I don’t know how I can deal with these bad children.
= I don’t know what to do with these bad children.
= I don’t know what I should do with these bad children.
= I have no idea what I should do with these bad children.
23. 会议室比我们的办公室的大三倍。
The meeting-room is three times larger than our office.
= The meeting-room is three times as large as our office.
= The meeting-room is three times the size of our office.
=The size of the meeting-room is three times that of our office.
24. 虽然他是个孩子，他却了解许多关于他的国家的情况。
Although / Though he is a child, (yet / still) he knows a lot about his country.
= He is a child, but he knows a lot about his country.
= He is a child, however, he knows a lot about his country.
= He knows a lot about his country, although / though he is a child.
= He knows a lot about his country. He is a child, though.
= Child as he is, he knows a lot about his country.
25. 雨肯定要下很长时间。
There is no doubt that the rain will last long.
=I am sure that the rain will last long.
=It is clear that the rain will last long.
=It is certain that the rain will last long
26. 该是上学的时间了。
It is time to go to school.
=It is time for us to go to school.
=It is time that we went to school.
27. 谁在看小孩呢?
Who is seeing to the baby?
=Who is in charge of the baby?
=Who is taking care of the baby?
=Who is the baby in the charge of?
28. 祝你幸运！
May you be lucky!
=Good luck to you!
=I wish you good luck!
=I wish you to be lucky!
= I wish that you were lucky!
29. 我在回家的路上碰到了一个老朋友。
I happened to meet an old friend of mine on my way home.
= I met an old friend of mine on my way home by chance / by accident.
= I met with / came across an old friend of mine on my way home.
= It happened that I met an old friend of mine on my way home.
30.据说那是一所相当不错的学校。
It is said that that school is quite a good one.
=That school is said to be quite a good one.
= Somebody said that was a very good school.
= Somebody said that school was a very good one.
31. 抱孩子的那个女士是我姐姐。
The lady with a baby in her arms is my sister.
= The lady who has a baby in her arms is my sister.
= The lady is my sister. She has a baby in her arms.
32. 我和你的想法不一样。
I don’t think we have ideas in common.
=I think our ideas are different.
=We have different ideas.
=My idea is different from yours.
=There are differences between our ideas.
33. 你觉得那鱼如何?
How did you find / like the fish?
= What did you think of the fish?
=What is the fish like?
=What / How about the fish?
34. 他们开始工作。
They set out to work.
= They set about working.
= They began / started to work.
= They got down to work.
= They got working.
35. 他们给孩子们提供学习用书。
They provided books for studying for the children.
= They provided the children with books for studying.
= They supplied books for studying to the children.
= They supplied the children with books for studying.
= They offered books for studying to / for the children.
36. 两周后是他的生日。
His birthday is in two weeks’ time.
= His birthday is two weeks away.
= His birthday is in two weeks.
37. 她努力学习为了赶上她的同班同学。
She works hard so that / in order that she could catch up with her classmates.
= In order that she could catch up with her classmates, She works hard.
=She works hard in order to / so as to / to catch up with her classmates.
=In order to / To catch up with her classmates, she works hard.
38. 汤姆迟到了，老师很生气。
Tom’s being late made the teacher angry.
= The teacher was angry at Tom’s / Tom being late.
=That Tom was late made the teacher angry.
=Tom being late, the teacher was angry.
= The teacher was angry, because Tom was late.
39. 我决定听从她的建议。
I was determined to follow her advice.
= I determined / decided to follow her advice.
= I made up my mind to follow her advice.
= I made up my mind / decided / determined that I should follow her advice.
40. 我相信你会通过考试的。
I’m sure that you will pass the examination.
= I’m sure that you will succeed in the examination.
=I’m sure that you will succeed in passing the examination.
=I’m sure that you will manage to pass the examination.