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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
according to
ac·cord·ing to [according to] BrE [əˈkɔːdɪŋ tə] NAmE [əˈkɔːrdɪŋ tə] preposition
1. as stated or reported by sb/sth
• According to Mick, it's a great movie.
• You've been absent six times according to our records.
2. following, agreeing with or depending on sth
• The work was done according to her instructions.
• Everything went according to plan.
•The salary will be fixed according to qualifications and experience.
see cut your coat according to your cloth at ↑coat n.
Language Bank:
according to
Reporting someone's opinion
▪ Photography is, according to ▪ Vidal, the art form of untalented people.
For ▪ Vidal, photography is the art form of untalented people.
▪ His view is that ▪ photography is not art but merely the mechanical reproduction of images.
▪ Smith takes the view that ▪ photography is both an art and a science.
In ▪ Brown's view ▪, photography should be treated as a legitimate art in its own right.
▪ James is of the opinion that ▪ a good painter can always be a good photographer if he or she so decides.
▪ Emerson believed that ▪ a photograph should only reflect what the human eye can see.
Language Banks at ↑argue, ↑opinion
Language Bank:
illustrate
Referring to a chart, graph or table
▪ This bar chart illustrates ▪ how many journeys people made on public transport over a three-month period.
▪ This table compares ▪ bus, train, and taxi use between April and June.
▪ The results are shown ▪ in the chart below.
▪ In this pie chart, the survey results are broken down ▪ by age.
▪ This pie chart breaks down ▪ the survey results by age.
As can be seen from ▪ these results, younger people use buses more than older people.
According to ▪ these figures, bus travel accounts for 60% of public transport use.
From ▪ the data in the above graph, it is apparent that ▪ buses are the most widely used form of public transport.
Language Banks at ↑evidence, ↑fall, ↑increase, ↑proportion, ↑surprising
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