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关于up to 做复合介词的用法的疑惑
这里的up to不是介词，而是副词短语，常可修饰具体数量。《剑桥高阶英语词典》有如下解释：up to (LESS THAN) adverbused to say that something is less than or equal to but not more than a stated value, number or level:Up to two hundred people were on board the ship.We can teach dancers up to interm...
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难句分析
句尾漏掉了一个单词，应是：Snow ploughs do not get out in the south much but in vast swath of area accustom to winter there seems action tonight. 句意：扫雪机在南部地区的使用量并不大，不过对习惯冬季风暴的大部地区来说，今晚可能会动用扫雪机。but连接两个并列句，in vast swath of area accustom to win...
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不定冠词a用于复数前的用法(what a twelve months)
句意：从那时起，十二个月过去了，可这是多么漫长的十二个月啊! 这里的what a twelve months是一个省略的感叹句，指一个整体时间。美国当代英语语料库（COCA）中也有类似的例句：" They are five years away, " he said, " but what a five years. " Meanwhile, Judi Dench s...
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被动语态为什么要用加上 being
译文应为：这部电影也在由陈可辛导演。这是被动语态的现在进行时，is为进行时的助动词，being“身兼二职”，既构成进行时态，又作为被动语态的助动词。即：is being（进行时），being directed（被动语态）。
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涉及时态和非谓语动词的选择题
答案选A。主句：A thief who broke into a church was caught从句：because traces of wax, found on his clothes,...从句中的traces of wax是主语，found on his clothes是分词短语作非限制性定语，had come是从句的谓语，from the sort of candles used only in churches是从句中的状语。句意：一个破门进入教堂的小偷被...
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为何这里的he had不用主谓倒置语序
at what time用以引导宾语从句，相当于when引导的宾语从句，即：The inspector asked when he had arrived at the station.又如：Please tell me at what time he can come. = Please tell me when he can come.
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关于 forget doing sth 用法的质疑
任何一本词典都不可能包罗万象，如果你在《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》上查不到forget doing的用法，你可以查阅其它一些权威词典。如：I'll never forget meeting my school headmaster for the first time. 我永远忘不了和我小学校长初次见面的情景。《现代英汉词典》I forgot my father going to London. 我忘记了我父...
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描述当前的事实为什么用一般过去时
5月30日是你已经错过的截止日期，所以the deadline for applications was May 30th.不是现在仍然有效的截止日期，而是陈述过去的（客观）事实情况。
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