by way of 的不常用意义，这句话我应该如何翻译？Let's
go back to high school for a moment, just by way of background.让我们回到高中，去寻找一些相关背景。我认为应该这样翻译。让我们暂时回到高中（并不是真的回到高中），只是作为背景...
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.我不太明白United States不是已经有美国的意思了吗？为什么还要加个of America？还有Washington, D.C.是华盛顿的意思吗？后面的D.C.是什么啊？
为什么“棋盘式的街道”翻译过来是：a grid of streets，而不是 streets of grid？类似的，“高浓度的酒精”翻译过来是：a high concentration of alcohol，而不是 alcohol of high
concentration我的思路的由来是：a man of courage，既然后面的of courage ...
The respectability of the party was portentous. The women were too nice to be well dressed, and too sure of their position to be amusing. The men were solid. There was about all of them an air of well-satisfied prosperity.这里出现的too nice to...too sure of...to...是太...不能... 还是 太....
例如1.We had to sit through nearly 2 hours of speech.2.We had to sit through nearly 2 hours’ speech.3.I will get $500 for 3 hours’ work.4.I will get $500 for 3 hours of work.
In that sense, I am pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit.more of...than...短语表达的意思是：与其说...不如说,那么前后两个部分是否应该并列？本句话中，a selfish act 和 I‘d freely like to admit两者在形式和语意...
One of the students who ____ to the authority about the problem of pollution raised his hand. A.have written C.has written C.writes 不是说one of +复数名次+定语从句，从句的谓语用复数吗？
“You might be thinking that the best
course of action would be to make sure that any such generative AI is
completely unable to spew out any kind of untoward content. Just do whatever
... AI trickery is needed to ensure that the good stuff is emitted and the bad
stuff is kept under lock and key. ....
As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in. 1.这里为什么不用complain about?2.complain about 与 complain of 的区别？
“Bohemian Rhapsody" had never been as big of a hit in the United States.解析说省略了as in the UK比较的是地方的话那么去掉as as结构比较的部分是big of a hit，比较的是big的程度吗？这里这个结构请老师分析一下