Question

15．为了不落后，她下定决心严格要求自己．
In order not to fall behind，she made up her mind to be strict with herself．

Answer 1

分析 In order not to fall behind，she made up her mind to be strict with herself．

解答 答案：In order not to fall behind，she made up her mind to be strict with herself．这里表达的是过去的事情用一般过去时，为了…用in order（not） to do sth做目的状语，落后fall behind，故In order not to fall behind，主语she，下决心做某事make up one's mind to do sth，make的过去式made，故she made up her mind to，严格要求be strict with sb，herself自己，故答案是In order not to fall behind，she made up her mind to be strict with herself．

点评 in order to 意为"为了…"，表示目的；在用法和意义上相当于so as to结构，但是in order to结构可以用于句首、句中，而so as to多用于句中．其否定式分别为：in order not to 和so as not to．
[拓展]in order to和so as to在句中表示目的时，常可以转化成in order that或so that引导的目的状语从句．如：We should work hard in order to/so as to pass the exam．→We should work hard in order that/so that we can pass the exam．为了能通过考试，我们应该努力学习．