从语音学角度考察,当冠词 a 跟另外一个元音开头的单词碰到一起,读起来别扭。因此,人们在发音时,就自觉不自觉地在冠词 a 的后面,加一个最容易发音的辅音字母 n (是个最好发音的鼻音);体现在书面语中,就把a 写成 an, 以示区别。
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I will come as promised, be it rain or shine.【答】原表达be it rain or shine 有误。应改为以下表达:1. I will come as promised, rain or shine.2. Rain or shine, I will come as promised.3. I will come as promised, whether it rains or shines.4. Whether it rains or shines, I will come as promised.5. I wi...
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She said nobody with money would live in an house, especially when it was so far from the downtown that it might as well be in the Utah.【说明】网友给的句子,有两个地方冠词用错。应改为:in a housein Utah【翻译】她说,有钱人是不会住这样的房子的,特别是它距离市中心太远的地方,不妨远到了(偏僻荒凉)的...
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这个句子好像在上次的问题中出现过。with 的意思是“有;含有;装有;盛有”之意。with my personal belongings —— 说明这两个袋子中装着、盛有我的个人物品,介词短语作定语。I opened the two bags with my personal belongings. 意思是:我打开装着我个人物品的那两个袋子。
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This is a really interesting thing to happen. 这个句子完全正确!不及物动词的不定式作定语,跟及物动词的不定式作定语,都是很常见的。我把这个句子,拓展成几种不同的不定式,看看它们和thing 之间所表示的关系:1. This is a really interesting thing to happen. 这是发生了的一件非常有趣的事儿。【说明...
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宾语置于句首,或者as/though 引导让步从句,某些成分被提到连词之前。这些都不是倒装。目前,有的语法书和语法文章,在论述“倒装句”时,把as/though引导让步从句,某些成分被提到连词之前,就认为是“倒装句”。我认为,这并非真正意义上的倒装。因为主谓倒装才是真正的倒装,倒装句的前提条件是:谓语的全部或者谓语的一部...
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a man of great achievement (误)a man of great achievements (正)a man with great achievement (误)a man with great achievements (误)1. achievement 表示具体的“成绩;成就”,是可数名词。单数状态下,需加冠词或其他限定词;复数时,可以没有冠词或其他限定词。例如:a great achievement (正)the&nb...
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定语从句本身不缺主语或宾语,这很正常。但它可以缺少状语啊 —— 这就是为何有了“关系副词”! 比如:时间状语、地点状语、原因状语、方式状语 等。本句划线部分是定语从句,先行词是the way,关系副词已被省略。定语从句缺少的这个“方式状语”,就是省略掉的关系副词:that 或in which。以下几种表达都正确:1. The way that...
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It is not because the government has the power, but that it has the obligation to ensure the country’s sustainable development.【翻译】这不是因为政府有权力,而是因为它有义务确保国家的可持续发展。“(某事的发生)不是因为......,而是因为......”的意义,在非正式英语,通常可以使用如下几种表达:1. It/This...
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我认为,本题 A 和 C 两个答案都对。1. On the morning of November 1st, 2011, the scientists were seated at tables and had their eyes fixed on the scene of the launch of the Shenzhou VIII spaceship. 2. On the morning of November 1st, 2011, the scientists were seated at tables and had their eyes fi...
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