64 不定式作獨立成分　Track 064

動詞不定式可用作獨立成分，用來修飾整個句子，常見的有：
to begin with
to tell the truth
to make a long story short
so to speak
to be brief/exact/frank/honest
to say nothing of（姑且不說）
to say the least（至少可以這么說）
以上所列短語均為口語中常用短語。請同學們牢記！
a. To begin with, on behalf of（代表） all of your American guests,I wish to thank you for the incomparable（無可比擬的） hospitality.
首先，我謹代表你們的所有美國客人向你們表示感謝，感謝你們無可比擬的盛情款待。（尼克松總統(tǒng)1972年訪華時的祝酒詞開篇）
b. —You’re in pretty lousy mood, huh?
—To say the least.
c. I have a point there, to say the least.
d. To make a long story short, he is in hospital now.