...ndmother had wanted to write a children’s book for many years, but one thing or another always got in the way. 简的祖母多年来一直想写一本儿童读物,但是一件接一件的事情总是妨碍她写书。请问句中的 one thing or another 是什么意思?上面的句子将它翻...
...(摘自1996年考研英语一某篇阅读理解):The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of theworkmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old...
...一句出自 2019 年高考英语江苏卷阅读理解C:However, our fascination with the latest, and our under-valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions. 这里 can 是与 has 并列,然后搭配 led 吧!说 has led 没有问题,但...
The next morning when I came downstairs, Carol asked if I'd come to
their school and talk to her class about my trip, I agreed, and before long had
been scheduled to talk to every class in the school.为什么before long 后边的had been scheduled要用过去完成时呢?schedule这个动作晚...
请翻译这句not that that justifies treating them badly 为什么有两个that,以及justifies
treating是什么意思?A general habit of optimism inone person could make them intolerant of
a colleague who's constantly pessimistic- not that that justifies treating them
badly, of course. 原...
...;类似于how to do实际上是how we are to do的省略式;1.I was thinking about all sorts of mechanical ways of how we can live more in tune with the environment rather than to exploit it问题:rather than后面本质上是(we are ) to exploit it的省略吗??2.They thus increased their...
The city temperatures have returned from record low
to normal, allowing the citizens to enjoy the outdoors again.上面的内容摘自2022年高考英语天津卷(第二次)的单项填空。查词典,record low 的意思是“有记录以来的最低点”“历史最低点”,此时的
low...
...ree died.Later,the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place."Because I didn't want it stolen / to be stolen and hoped to keep it to myself."the farmer explained.请问:want sth done 和 want sth to be done 有何区别?这个句子里...
So what happens is that we interpret the speakers in such a way as to credit them with beliefs that are by and large true and coherent. 背景:speakers是土著居民,作者想要翻译他们的语言。作者假设他们说的话都是真的,不会骗我们,例如看见红色说“红...
...ident enough to attend one of Trump's airport campaign rallies near Saginaw.Cook who also sold shirts at the event isn't sure he'll actually vote in the November election.1)enough 是修饰supports 还是 修饰后面 不定式呢?2)这里的不定式(enough) to attend one of Trump...
...),加个hard(能加修饰词)就成了带有习惯的吗?(2)I like working hard(动名词短语作like宾语,表示不带有任何条件的习惯),什么叫不带任何条件的习惯,改成:I like working hard in evening.这样呢?Saying is easy与say is easy的区别是什么?...
1.A:What do you think it'll be like when you die? B:Probably like it was before I was born. A whole lot of nothing.2.It was five hours before I finished the work.3.This is after two bombs exploded in ...
...;a practical and mechanical method for determining whether or not a grammar proposed for a given corpus is, in fact, the best grammar of the language from which ...
I wish Sam would study harder, because I am breaking my neck to scrape up the money to keep him in college.You don't have to break your neck fixing this TV set: I really don't need it next week.为什么第一句用不定式,第二句用现在分词形式?