(1) 牛津词典上:Would that… (literary) used to express a strong wish (用以表示强烈的愿望)Would that he had lived to see it.这个句子省略了主语 I。在早期英语中,would 可以是实意动词,后接that从句表示与事实相反的愿望。因此that从句要用过去式虚拟语气。事实是,从句的主语he并没有活到某事发生的时候。...
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as it happens, as it happened 为惯用语,意为“碰巧、偶然”。用作补充性状语,说明主句描述的状态或事件是碰巧或偶然存在或发生的。对于这种惯用语,一般不需要再去扣语法,知道意思和用法即可。其中happen用现在时和过去时,意思相差不大,与主句的时态没有必然联系。《韦氏学生词典》释义和例句如下:— used with&n...
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看一本语法书的时候,一定要前后结合着看,注意一个句子是在什么语境下使用的。同时要理解该书使用的术语与其他书是否有所不同。你说的这条注释是《剑桥英语语法》第704页下面的注释,该注释如下:There is a construction comparable to [4i] involving a special use of berb be: She was two weeks finishing the report...
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They created a new word (that)Jack never saw before.这是省略了that的定语从句。saw的宾语不是a new word, 而是省略了的关系代词,关系代词指代a new word.The new word they created which Jack never saw before is useless.这个句子中的new word后接二个定语从句。they created和which Jack never saw before。第一...
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It is now an entertainment colossus the size of which the world has never seen.the size of which the world has never seen 为定语从句,修饰名词entertainment colossus。关系代词指代entertainment colossus,在从句中作介词of的宾语,of介词短语作定语修饰the size. the size of which 作has never seen的宾语。由...
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heed无论作为名词还是动词都是很正式的用词。所谓正式,是指这是古体用法,只在正式场合使用。作为动词,heed意为:to pay attention to someone’s advice or warning例如:If she had only heeded my warnings, none of this would have happened.(《朗文》) 要是她听从我的警...
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But what consciousness is宾语从句, we know not主语+谓语; and并列连词 how it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as the result of irritating nervous tissue主语从句, is系词 just as unaccountable表语 as the appearance of the Djin when Aladdin rubbed his lamp in the st...
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整个语境是过去,the boy是在过去进行推测,所以用may是错误的。在boy门前的企鹅处于迷路的状态,而不是由知道路到迷路这个状态的转变的动作,所以be lost是系表结构,而不是被动语态。所以正确形式应为might be lost.
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