capitalize on/upon
capitalize on/upon sth表示「充分利用」(to gain a further advantage for yourself from a situation).比如The team failed to capitalize on their early lead.这个队未能充分利用开场初期领先的优势。
可以和take advantage of sth,make full use of sth.交替使用。
■结合网红猫一杯造谣事件造句,
中国网红猫一杯因利用热门话题编造男孩丢作业的假故事而被社交媒体封号。
Chinese social media celebrity Maoyibei was kicked off social media for capitalizing on hot topics and fabricating a fake story of a boy’s lost homework.
句中的reasoning表示「推理能力」,是指对于男性推理(逻辑、思辨)方面的能力更强的刻板印象。
sth. have less to do with A and more to do with B表示「某事和A关系不大,而更多在于B」。可以用于原因分析。需要注意连接词为and,而不是but。比如It has less to do with the orientation of the person and much more to do with their character.这与一个人的取向关系不大,更多的是与他们的性格有关。
学业上的成功与智力的关系不大,更多的是与努力和决心有关。
The phenomenon of A is primarily rooted in B现象A的根源主要在B,可用来进行原因分析,A为结果,B为原因。root名词表示「根」,也可以是动词「扎根」。be rooted in sth起源于某物。the root cause of sth造成某事的根本原因。
上述例句可改写为,
The root cause of children being left behind by migrant parents is primarily lies in economic factors.农民工父母留守儿童的问题的根本原因主要在于经济因素。lie in表示在于…也可用于原因分析。
lie in表示「在于」,也是进行原因分析的精彩表达,推荐积累。primarily副词,表示「首要地,主要地」,和mainly, chiefly为同义词,可以替换使用。比如a course designed primarily for specialists主要为专业人员开设的课程。