用于引出信息来源,表示“正如……所陈述/所说明的”“如……所述(由……提出)”,常见于引用、转述、报告和正式写作中。(也可用于口头表达,但语气偏正式。)
/æz ˈsteɪtɪd baɪ/
As stated by the teacher, the test will be on Friday.
正如老师所说,考试在周五。
As stated by the report, rising costs and supply delays were the main reasons for the project’s setback.
正如报告所指出的,成本上升和供应延迟是项目受挫的主要原因。
“as stated by”由 as(“正如/如同”)+ stated(state 的过去分词,“陈述、说明”)+ by(“由”)构成。state 源自拉丁语 status(“状态、立场”)并经由法语进入英语,后来发展出“陈述、声明”的动词用法;整个短语因此带有“依据某来源所陈述”的正式色彩。