问题 would rather do sth than to do sth结构

...里有一段话：The employment manager of a large New York department store told me she would rather hire a sales clerk who hadn't finished grade school, if he or she has a pleasant smile, than to hire a doctor of philosophy with a somber face. 不是应该是 would rather do sth than do ...

问题 It was my first time后接动词(to do还是doing)

It was my first time spending Spring Festival in China with my host family. 这是高中英语新教材北师大版必修1第3单元中的一个句子(p52)。 为什么这里在 it was my first time 后面接 doing 呢? 这样也可以吗？不是该接不定式 to do 吗?

问题 存在句For there to be 和 There being 作主语时，含义有差别吗？

For there to be so few people in the streets was unusual.上句和There being so few people in the streets was unusual. 含义理解上“究竟”有何区别？我理解是：For there to be so few people in the streets was unusual. - 街上几乎没人很不正常。街上几乎没人是说话者...

问题 翻译He threatened to pay me back but he has not done

请教老师：He threatened to pay me back but he has not done so yet.1. 此句是否可以翻译为：他曾预示要报复我，但仍没有做。2. pay back 的翻译是“退还”还是“报仇”？盼复，感谢！

问题 状语从句的逻辑主语与主句的主语之间的问题

...patience as acting like“Children who pick the plums out of their pudding to eat them at once”rather than putting them aside to be eaten last.        to eat them at once的逻辑主语明显是Children，可是后面的to be eaten last的逻辑主语却是plums，这里...

问题 动词vary后面通常可接哪些介词

动词 vary 后面好像通常都接介词from…to…。比如：Test scores vary from school to school. 测验成绩各校不同。Prices vary widely from shop to shop.  商店之间的价格相差很大。Medical treatment varies greatly from state to state.  医疗制度各州大不同...

问题 No matter what he may appear to be like,

为什么like前面要加动词be?

话题 Sam told his friends everything there was to tell about...

问题 非谓语动词做定语

非谓语动词having (been) done/to have (been) done/doing/being done/done/to do/to be done/to be doing都可以做定语吗？

问题 不定式的逻辑主语前用of还是for（for/of sb to do sth）

It is impolite for students to argue with parents.此处的介词 for 是否应该更正为 of? 还或者两个介词都可以？盼望专家解惑，谢谢。

问题 She has been kind to you究竟表示什么意思(已完成用法还是未完成用法)

She has been kind to you.究竟是什么意思？是表示“完成用法”——她（在此刻（说话时）以前）一直对对我很好，但现在（说话时刻以后）对我不好了？还是个表示“未完成用法”——她一直对我很好，过去是、现在是、将来还是...

问题 句子分析

...句选自张满胜语法书）1.Until such time as mankind has the sense to lower its population to the point where the planet can provide a comfortable support for all, people will have to accept more “unnatural food”.2.Transplant operations in this country have long relied on organs taken from...

问题 句子结构划分

Begin to train your brain to look at strength before weakness.这个句子的结构划分是这样的吗：Begin是谓语动词，to train your brain是宾语，to look at strength是目的状语，before weakness是时间状语或者方式状语？

问题 The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvag

...好。新概念3-32里一句话：The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck.请问这句话里as much as possible 是程度副词做状语吧？如果这样，那么及物动词salvage 的宾语是什么呢？难不成as much as possible 做宾语？请...

问题 句子成分分析

My parents have decided to take me to pay a visit to Britain.这是在以前的帖子里发现的一个句子，有个问题想不通，所以想向老师请教。请问这个句子中的不定式短语to pay a visit to Britain是否可以有以下两种分析：1.修饰decide，作decide的目的...