不定式作獨立成分·表總結

不定式用作獨立成分通常為一些固定短語，其中一個用法就是表總結：

■to be brief 簡言之

To be brief, he was happy with the result. 簡言之，他對這個結果感到高興。

■to conclude 最后，總而言之

To conclude, I’d like to express my thanks to my family. 最后，我要感謝我的家人。

To conclude, I wish you all good health and a long life. 最后，祝大家健康長壽。

■to cut a long story short 長話短說

To cut a long story short, we said, ‘No!’ 長話短說吧，我們沒有同意。

To cut a long story short, he beat them one by one. 長話短說，他把他們一個個地打敗了。

■to make a long story short 長話短說

To make a long story short, we agreed to disagree. 長話短說，我們同意各自保留不同的看法。

■to sum up總而言之

To sun up, most of the committee members supported the idea but a few were against it. 總之，大多數委員支持這一想法，但是也有幾個委員反對。