In the centre of the hall, there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured lights.These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad.这里因为是比喻的缘故,所以跟上下文没有关系吗?
The city’s growth in importance as an economic center has been slow.1.请问in importance是做方面状语吗?2.In importance可置于句末变为以下句子吗?即:The city’s growth as an economic center has been slow in importance.
High heels and platform soles, once worn by the Sun King and other cultivated gentlemen of the past, have been appropriated only by those willing to change not only their heights but their way of walking.
This green Great Wall, _____ at its peak during the Qing Dynasty covered thousands of hectares, had by the 1950s virtually disappeared.老师好,这一句话答案是填which,能否填although或者though吗?
It was in that spirit that the UCP were first introduced - to alleviate the confusion caused by individual countries' promoting their own national rules on letter of credit practice.请教老师:介词by后句子成份分析。
Because the baby boomers,7400 million strong,are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history.这里的7400 million strong是什么用法呢?数词为什么跟形容词连用呢?
It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style.中“rather”"if"如何翻译?ordinary是普通的意思,“well-heeled”是穿着考究的意思,感觉存在反转关系
Then he and his fiancee, Jane went horse-riding , after which Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven only to find to their dismay that the money had been destroyed .请问,after which 是谁的定语? only to find to ...这段话怎么理解,为什么不是only find their dismay?
This could have been a techy encounter, after Donal Trump's undiplomatic tweet made the moment of his arrival in France.老师这句话中的made前面是不是少了was?the moment of his arrival in France是做时间状语吗?
How did an elite group, a few business giants, how did they end up dominating, controlling a number of important national industries in the last quarter of the 19th century?end up doing到底是最终还是结束??结束和最终是两个不同的意思,什么情况下是最终?
... as thin as paper between two delicate layers of tissue without disrupting the major blood flow to the brain.请教老师,这里的as...as...是什么用法,这里前面是省略了which is吗?如果不是,那么这种用法的as从句是supplement吗?