▲neither…nor…用于连接不定式My client wants neither to buy nor to rent this flat. 我的客户既不想买也不想租这套房子。▲neither…nor…用于连接现在分词They kept silent, neither admitting nor denying their guilt. 他们保持沉默,既不认罪,也不否认自己有罪。What they had said had...
回答于 2014-03-26 18:16
▲both…and…连接不定式The industry aims both to increase exports and (to) replace imports. 这个行业的目标是增加出口并替代进口。There is a drive both to standardise components and to reduce the number of models on offer. 正在为实现零部件标准化和减少推出...
回答于 2014-03-26 11:46
between…and…中的between是介词,所以between…and… 可以连接两个动名词,但通常不宜连接其他非谓语动词。如:He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude. 他是在幽默和粗鲁之间走钢丝。There’s a world of difference between being alone and being lonely. 独自一人和孤独之间有很大的差别。There’s...
回答于 2014-03-26 11:36
总的说来,是写得不错的一篇文章,不像是出自初学者之手。冒昧作了一些小的改动,不一定对,仅供参考! Stay Home to Study AbroadIn recent years, many students have chosen to go abroad for their further study. Normally, there are two ways for them to afford their life overseas: scholarships or family contr...
回答于 2014-03-24 14:39
▲你的这个问题确实很有趣!principled 到底是名词变来的还是由动词变来的形容词?▲我查了一下手头的几本词典,principle 确实只有名词用法,没有收录动词用法。在牛津词典查 principle 词条时,可以查到 principled 就是附在名词用法的 principle 后面的,它的意思是 based on or having (esp good) principles of behaviou...
回答于 2014-03-24 12:56
说have to have完全可以的。前面的have to和后面have分别表示不同的意思:have to表示“必须”“不得不”,后面的have就是动词have的普通用法,如表示“有”“吃”“进行”等。又如:I’ll have to have a word with them about punctuality. 我必须和他们谈一谈守时的问题。If the cortisone doesn’t take, I may have to have surger...
回答于 2014-03-24 12:29
▲你的理解是对的:enough是修饰competent 的,first 是修饰 novel 的,nothing to get excited about确实有所省略。▲句中的competent 并不表示有能力的或能胜任的等,而是表示“不错的”“尚好的”(=quite good, but not excellent)。如:The novel may be a best seller, but it's no more t...
回答于 2014-03-24 11:47
that引导的应该是同位语从句。1. that she should look for a job不能分析为宾语从句,因为其前没有可以接宾语从句的及物动词或是相当于及物动词的词。2. that she should look for a job也不能分析为定语从句,因为如果将其理解为定语从句,那么that就应是关系代词,就应在从句中充当主语、宾语或表语,但是很显然,该...
回答于 2014-03-24 11:21
英语完全可以说all else。以下例句均算比较权威:Above all else she was seeking love. 她把追求爱情放在其他一切之上。(摘自朗文词典)When all else fails, read the instructions. 别的什么办法都不行的话,就看看使用说明书。(摘自牛津英语用法指南)He taught us to put the interests of the people before all el...
回答于 2014-03-24 11:08
冒号后面的句子首字母可以小写也可以大写。如:Well, give him an ultimatum: either he pays by Friday or he finds somewhere else to live.(《朗文高级英语词典》)——冒号后面的句子小写首字母This is one of the great problems of cosmology: where did the overall structure of the universe come from?(《牛津英...
回答于 2014-03-24 11:00