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sit up and take notice的理解
sit up and take notice是习语，主要用于口语，也可省略 sit up 而只说 take notice。但加上sit up的sit up and take notice含有“开始”注意，“突然”注意的意思，即相当于start to pay attention或suddenly start paying attention。 The news made them sit up and take notice. 此新闻一下子就引起了他们的关注。
回答于 2021-01-27 23:39
省略句省略的成分
可视为以下句子的省略：Flatter people who are high and people who are low, and people who are rich and people who are poor, and people who are silly and people who are wise.或者：Flatter people who are high or low, and people who are rich or poor, and people who are silly or wise.注：high and low可用...
回答于 2021-01-27 23:02
by the narrowest margins与by the narrowest of margins
by the narrowest of margins 是习语，意思是“以极微弱的优势”。注意该习语必须有介词of，margin必须用复数。如：He lost the race by the narrowest of margins. 他以极小的差距在赛跑中落败。The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins. 民意调查显示，政府以极其微弱的优势领先。比较b...
回答于 2021-01-26 22:04
He asked for a glass of beer, but they _________(drink) all...
注意句中的 but，前后有转折。这里的语境是：他要一杯啤酒，但他们（不包括“他”的其他人）把啤酒喝完了，所以要一杯啤酒并没有要到——别人喝完啤酒在先（用过去完成时），他要啤酒在后（用一般过去时）。
回答于 2021-01-25 14:58
camel’s hair还是camel hair（骆驼毛）
应该填camel’s hair，即：In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. 那时，画笔是用骆驼毛制成的。又如：It is made of sheep’s hair. 它是由羊毛制成的。He was afraid the dog’s hairs might dirty the seats. 他担心狗毛会把座椅弄脏。She spins goat’s hair into wool/spins wool from goat’s hair. 她把山...
回答于 2021-01-25 14:52
prove 能否加 it 的问题
谢孟媛的说法是没有依据的，是想当然的观点。1. 复旦大学出版社出版的《现代英语惯用法词典》在prove词条有如下说明：下面几种说法都可以：It proved him guilty. It proved his guilt. He was proved guilty. It proved that he was guilty. 2. 如果你认为国内出版的词典不够权威，那就来一个原版词典的例句：Writing thes...
回答于 2021-01-22 12:35
a banana是一根香蕉还是一把香蕉
a banana是一根香蕉，不是一把香蕉或一串香蕉。Emma managed to choke down a banana. 埃玛硬咽下一根香蕉（不是一把香蕉或一串香蕉）。一串香蕉是a bunch of bananas。
回答于 2021-01-22 10:57