英語中有些特殊短語，由于本身具有強(qiáng)烈的書面語口氣，用在寫作中可以令行文風(fēng)格更具官樣文章般的一本正經(jīng)。例如：

1. Unbeknownst to someone:（毫不知情）

例句：

Unbeknownst to me, my mother was planning a party.

（我都不知道，我媽在籌辦一場派對(duì)。）

2. Little wonder=no wonder（難怪）

例句：Under such circumstances, it is little wonder that they experience difficulties.

(在這種情形下，他們遇到困難就不足為怪了。)

3. As luck would have it（幸虧，碰巧）

例句：We ran out of petrol on the way home, but as luck would have it, we were very near a gas station.

（回家路上我們的車沒油了。幸虧我們離一家加油站很近。）

4. for the life of me （用于加強(qiáng)語氣的短語）

例句：

1. I can not for the life of me find my cell.

(我愣是找不到我的手機(jī)了。)

2. I will destroy you for the life of me.

（我非把你給毀了不可。）

3. mother："James， put the toys back or for the life of me you will never be allowed back."

(媽媽：“詹姆斯，把玩具放回去，要不然你休想回去?！?

Such phrases were unbeknownth to me before. As luck would have it, I kept coming across them recently. Little wonder I found them so fascinating. I was compelled for the life of me to introduce them to you, like it or not.

（以前，我對(duì)這些短語一無所知。碰巧，最近我頻頻接觸到它們。難怪我覺得它們挺有意思的。管你喜歡不喜歡，我忍不住非得把它們介紹給你。）