Republican parents are twice as likely as democrats to feel ok doing so.1. 如果“复位”,去掉as ... as ...比较结构便可:Republican parents are likely to feel ok doing so.2. to feel ok 与 be likely 共同构成“合成谓语”,be likely 具有推测的“情态意义”,are likely to feel ok = may feel ok3. doing so, 分...
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If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.1. 提问前,你没仔细看吗?be exchanged 不是被动语态吗?不及物动词能有被动形式吗?这里恰恰是 exchange 的及物用法。主动形式:exchange A for B,用 A 交换 B。2. for months 是谓语动词 rattle 的时间状语,现在...
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“我们的老师说,alone 可以被 very much 修饰,但不能用 very 修饰”——我认为这个说法不正确。▲在以a-开头的表语形容词,如afraid, alike, alone, ashamed 等,用very 或very much 修饰都正确。例如:He is very (very much) afraid.The twins are very (very much) alike.She felt very (very much) alone and misunderstoo...
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The overall result has been to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for amateurs.【翻译】最终的结果是,专业的地质杂志让业余读者更难读懂。(make entrance to 意为“接近”,在这里比喻“读懂”)has been 是be 的完成时,to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for a...
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Second, even if it was well done, it may have spread much less widely than people suppose.【翻译】其次,即便此事能成,效果也远远不像人们所认为的那样得到了广泛推广。 【分析】为了理解,作个对比:1. more widely than:比.....广泛2. much more widely than:比.....广泛得多3. less widely than:比........
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《剑桥高阶英汉双解词典》wheeze词条的一个例句:I know when I've been smoking too much because I start to wheeze when I run for a train. 我知道自己烟抽得太多了,因为我在跑着赶火车时开始呼哧呼哧地喘。句中know后的when 是“什么时候”的意思吧,但翻译成“我知道自己什么时候一直烟抽得太多了,因为……,意思好...
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Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone.这个句子中的preserve 是什么意思啊?主要是不理解这个词的意思,求分析。【翻译】义愤感似乎不只是人类的专利。【分析】这是一个简单句。1. it seems 在本句用作插入成分。为了理解方便,我们将其放在句首:It seems (that) feelings...
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医生问How are you? 表示“你身体如何?你伤得怎么样?”而中国学生认为,这是日常问候语,“你好?”医生惊讶的原因:这个留学生安全无恙(Fine),而且还关心我身体如何,伤得怎样呢(and you?)。所以医生感到诧异和不可思议。看来,准确理解语言,语境很重要。常言道:No context, no meaning.
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不错,story 是名词“故事”,在使用过程中,它能否表示“地点”?那就要看怎么使用它了。story 同样都是充当先行词,后跟定语从句,有时用that(which)引导定语从句,有时却用where 引导。下面,我们举例子做个对比:【第一组】story用作定语从句的主语或宾语,此时关系词用that或which:1. He will tell you a story th...
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做学问需要有很好的怀疑精神。It takes a lot of skepticism to engage in scholarship.It requires a good spirit of doubt to engage in learninbg.Learning/scholarship takes a lot of skepticism.Learning/scholarship requires a good spirit of doubt.
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