表让步：

 

■to put it mildly 说得轻些，不夸张地说，说得婉转些

 

To put it mildly, she’s just a bit inquisitive. 说得轻些，她只是有点爱打听。

 

■to say the least 至少可以这样说，不夸张地说，说得轻些

 

The evidence for all these charges seems, to say the least, unlikely to prove convincing in court. 所有这些指控的证据，说得婉转些，在法庭上似乎不大可能令人信服。

 

To say the least, their techniques are old-fashioned. 说得再轻一点，他们的工艺至少太老了。

 

表顺序：

 

■not to mention 更不用说，还不算

 

He can speak French, German and Japanese, not to mention English. 他会说法语，德语和日语, 更不用说英语。

 

There’re ten of us ready to help, not to mention [without mentioning] the children. 我们有10个人愿意帮忙，还不算小孩。

 

■to say nothing of 姑且不讲，更不用说，何况

 

You’ve wasted eight hours’ time, to say nothing of the material. 你浪费了八个钟头的时间，还不说材料。

 

He had to go to prison for a month to say nothing of the fine. 他得入狱一个月 更不用说罚款了。

 

■to begin with 第一，首先；起初，开始时

 

To begin with, it is too cold. Besides, we’ve no money. 首先，天气太冷，再者我们也没有钱。

 

I’m not going. To begin with I haven’t a ticket, and secondly I don’t like the play. 我不去， 一来我没票，二来我不喜欢这出戏。

 

■to start with 第一，首先；起初，开始时

 

To start with we haven’t enough money and secondly we’re too busy. 一来我们的钱不够 二来我们没时间。

 

The club had only six members to start with. 这个俱乐部最初只有六个成员。摘自：51talk http://www.51talkenglish.com