请专家看此句：The news reporter hurried to the airport, only to be told the film star had left.【参考译文】这位新闻记者匆忙赶到机场，结果被告知电明星已经走了。【我的疑问】后半句不定式的用法我看不懂，烦请专家解释一下，谢谢！
Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. 1. sand 作沙子时是不可数名词，但是这句的意思是沙子从沙漏计时器中跑走了，怎么用了-s复数形式。我看算了网上有的说法是强调一粒粒沙子，是这样么?2. sands ...
His efforts were to no avail. He ordered that buildings be torn down, to no avail. 这两处的to no avail 用法是什么？to no avail 不是副词词组吗？为什么可以用在were后面？那第二处又是什么用法呢？
Customers can hold their bowls at the other end of the pipe while so that they can receive the milk being poured by the milkman into it without any interaction between the two.这里while so that怎么理解？
If he had fought in the First World War, he might have returned ( ). A.a different man B.with a different man C.as a different man D.to be a different man直觉告诉我，选A更合适，可是答案是C。
He would be a rash man, who should venture to forecast the results of this event.书上说这里的who should...相当于if he should...意思，表示条件。那么，是否意味着这句话是虚拟语气呢？ 即, if he should venture to...
...句：If each of students learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.我们老师说这里的 each of students 用得不对，应该改为 each of the students。敬请...
.... When this is the case, theindirect object is replaced by a prepositional phrase beginning with to or for: The firm gave a watch with a beautiful inscriptionon it to Sam. 这些句子都出自1本语法书。红色的it指是Sam is an indirect还是the direct object?我觉得是the direc...
Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but
has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and
turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of
sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as ner...
...ht.We danced all night.We sang and danced all
night.(合为一句)When you are giving alternatives, you
useor.Serve fruit or cheese afterwards.这些很好理解。至于还有一类表示“合为一整体的东西”，如：bread and butterhands and kneesknife and forkcup and saucer注意顺序...
... of the three main islands that make up the country of Comoros (the others are Grande Comoros and Moheli). A former French colony, Comoros is perfect for tourism – with picture-postcard beaches, dramatic volcanic peaks and an abundant marine park. But in the three decades following the country’s...