英文ライティング　役立ち表現集

英文エッセイ・レポートのライティングで役立つ表現集

英語でエッセイやレポートを書く際には、論理的に文章を組み立てるための「つなぎ言葉」や「表現の型」をうまく使うことがとても重要です。ここでは、議論を整理したり、理由を述べたり、例を挙げたりするために役立つ表現をカテゴリー別にまとめました。もちろん、これらの表現はライティング以外でもよく使われる表現です。覚えておけばスピーチ、プレゼン、ミーティングでも役立ちます。

Introduction：導入部

• first of all
• to begin with
• in order to decide whether…. or not
• to outline the main points
• firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally

Enumerating arguments： 論点を列挙・追加するときの表現

• in addition to / additionally
• besides / moreover / furthermore
• above all

Weighing up arguments ：議論を比較検討する

• on the one hand….. on the other hand
• to consider the advantages and disadvantages
• arguments for and against
• to discuss the pros and cons
• in theory … in reality
• both… and….
• not only … but also
• anyway / at any rate / in any case
• in fact / actually / as a matter of fact
• up to a point
• by no means / not at all

Comparisons ：比較

• compared to / in comparison with
• to draw / make a comparison between …and
• similarly
• as well as

Restrictions ：制限・条件付け

• however
• nevertheless
• whereas
• although / though / even though
• in spite of / despite
• unlike
• in contrast to / with sth.
• on the contrary
• contrary to

Referring to ：参照する

• with reference to
• regarding
• as regards
• as far as … is concerned
• according to

Emphasizing ：強調する

• I’d like to point out that
• I’d like to emphasize

Generalizing ：一般化する

• on the whole
• in general / generally speaking
• as a rule
• to some extent
• to a large extent
• in many ways
• in all respects
• in most/many cases
• basically

Giving examples ：例を挙げる

• for example / for instance
• such as / including
• in particular / particularly
• to give you an example of what I mean
• to illustrate this point
• what I mean is
• and so on / and so forth
• that is to say

Making exceptions： 例外を設ける

• apart from
• except
• with the exception of

Giving reasons： 理由を述べる

• because
• as / since
• because of
• the reason for this is
• the reason why
• for some reasons or another
• I have every reason to believe that

Consequences ：結果・影響を述べる

• therefore
• consequently / as a result
• for this reason / all these reasons

Personal point of view： 個人的な見解

• I think that
• in my opinion/ in my view / to my mind
• this is a matter of opinion
• in my experience
• as far as I know
• as far as I am concerned
• to be aware / unaware of a problem
• to tell the truth
• the fact is that
• I am convinced that
• I firmly believe that
• I feel sth should be done about that

Agreeing ：賛成する

• I entirely / absolutely agree with
• that’s exactly my own view
• I’m of exactly the same opinion
• that’s perfectly true
• I’d like to support this view

Disagreeing： 反対する

• I partly disagree with
• I don’t entirely agree with
• I agree in principle, but
• That’s not the way I see it
• I see things rather differently myself
• I’m not at all convinced that
• I’m not absolutely sure

Interest, Plans, Intentions： 関心・計画・意図

• to be interested in sth / in doing sth
• It interests me a lot
• My main / particular interest is
• I have the intention of doing
• I am prepared to do sth
• I am determined to do sth
• I’m planning to do sth
• I’m very keen on doing sth

Modifying adverbs： 副詞による修飾

• totally / entirely / completely
• mostly / mainly / chiefly
• partly
• comparatively / relatively
• extremely / incredibly

Summarizing and drawing conclusions： 要約して結論を導く

• finally
• last of all
• last but not least
• in conclusion / to conclude
• we can draw the conclusion
• to sum up / to summarize we can say
• all in all
• in short / in brief / briefly
• all things considered
• the subject under discussion
• I find it difficult to reach a conclusion but I’m tempted to say