416. People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.
译文 人们似乎忽视了教育不应该随着毕业而结束这一事实。
点睛 本句中的短语值得注意:seem to do sth.意为“似乎,看上去好像”;fail to do sth.意为“没有能够做某事”。在英语句子中,有许多含有否定意义的动词或短语动词,恰当地使用这些动词,可以避免过度使用否定副词,让表达更为丰富。这些动词包括fail、deny、miss、lack、ignore、refuse、neglect、overlook、exclude、withhold、refrain from、prevent from、prefer to、avoid、hold、forbid等。这类表达含蓄否定意义的动词或动词短语在日常英语中很常见,往往用来表示“禁止、错过、剥夺、缺乏、怀疑、忽视、拒绝、阻止、逃脱、反对、排除”等消极意义。如:
Avoid operating the keys roughly. 使用按键勿用力过猛。
句型拓展
Please keep the secret from others. 请不要把这个秘密告诉别人。
He made light of his illness. 他不把自己的疾病当回事。
Interest rate adjustment would be a good way to go, but seems to fail to address the obvious question about housing in big cities. 调整利率将是个很好的方法,但似乎无法解决大城市住房困难这一明显问题。