Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for monitoring US-made aircraft, has logged fewer than 60 incidents.log 是及物动词,意为“记录”,其宾语是incidents,不是fewer。fewer than 60“不足60”,是incidents的定语。把fewer than(少于,不足)理解为一个固定词组,类似more than(多于,超过),修饰数词...
回答于 2014-03-11 19:06
▲instead of是介词,但却是连词的用法,因为它连接两个并列的成分。We just had soup instead of a full meal.我们没有吃全餐,只喝了汤。Will you go to the party instead of me?你替我赴宴好吗?Shall we have fish instead of meat today?今天我们不吃肉吃鱼好吗?Taking exercise every day makes him look younger inst...
回答于 2014-03-10 18:35
I can't work all day or do housework all evening.正确的翻译:我不能整天工作或者整晚做家务。I can't work all day. 正确的翻译:我不能整天工作。这个现象叫做:否定转移是英语特有的表达习惯 (Negative Transformation: a Special Usage in English)********************************************************请你仔...
回答于 2014-03-10 16:26
你的文章写得不错。里面有些小问题,我用红色标出,下一篇蓝色的地方是我改正过的,对照一下就知道为何错了。However, other people believe that the relatively affordable price has brought a lot of negative issues to the environment. They point out that the main impact of two, such as atmospheric pollution...
回答于 2014-03-10 15:57
I did it recently putting it on my bike.putting it on my bike这是现在分词短语做方式状语,修饰谓语动词did,也就是说,做那件事的方式是“通过把它放在我的自行车上”。
回答于 2014-03-10 10:42
on a diet和on diet都可以说,意思相同。经常跟go或be连用,例如:on a diet:You're skinny enough without going on a diet! 你不必节食就已经够瘦的了! The doctor says I've got to go on a diet. 医生说我得节食。 He's thinned down a lot since he went on a diet.他自从节制饮食以来已经瘦了不少。 I'm supposed to...
回答于 2014-03-09 20:38
By this weekend the ice edge lay 128 kilometers at sea, but 40 years ago, it was 64 kilometers out.【翻译】到本周末的时候,海上冰的边缘周长是128公里,但40年前它是64公里。
回答于 2014-03-09 20:23
more important与more importantly:前者是形容词,后者是副词,这是问题的根本区别所在(more构成比较级,无关紧要)。more important是形容词,它只能做定语或表语,在句中不能独立使用。所以,你下面的句子需要的是副词,只能用后者。而且两者不可换用。More importantly, he’s got a steady job. 更重要的是他得到了一...
回答于 2014-03-09 17:22
■问题补充: hipster 时髦者,修饰renaissance是不是翻译成“ 时髦者复兴“ 感觉有点理解不了? ——The music cassette is enjoying a little hipster renaissance.直译:音乐盒多少有些追时髦者的复兴。解释:把进行时理解为“目前,眼下,现如今”, a little多少有点,renaissance“复兴”跟现在进行时连用,即“时兴”。 hipster...
回答于 2014-03-09 17:05
▲你的提问不是很清楚。你是说括号里那几个单词吧!1. the description or amount 的 amount 前没有省略 the?---是的,你说的很对。2. a person or thing 难道 thing 前面没有省略a?---是的,一点不假。以上两种省略是:承前省略。这个无须讲解和归纳。我讲解问题从不仅仅给出判断,也不单纯给出归纳。我力争指出现象的原...
回答于 2014-03-09 10:50