... choice but to arrive late.2) We will do anything but confess our guilt.3) There'snothing to do but to shut up, confound it!4) He does everything in the house but putting the children to bed.第四个句子,把but解释为介词,容易理解。但是,我的疑问是,前三个句子,but被...
Close beside the path they were following a bird suddenly chirped from the branch of a tree.suddenly chirped from the branch of a tree 是不是做定语修饰 bird,如果是的话,过去分词chirped不是表被动的么,被动语义感觉不对。谢谢老师回答!
I understand success to refer to one's ability to achieve the predominant part of his goals in his lifetime, which in turn leads to a correlation between success and income since the accomplishment of such a natural goal as to provide a good future for your loved ones demands the means这句的...
我在一篇文章中看到这句话:as befits the gravity of the issue at hand, a complicated multi-knockout round system was employed.但是我不知道为什么befit前面加as的原因,我又查了牛津字典,发现字典上只给出了例句,并没有解释原因:it was a lavish rece...
Two weeks ago, voters in Taiwan, the island democracy that Mr. Xi has made clear should join a greater China, resoundingly re-elected a president despised by Beijing. --此句子来自纽约时报,不代表我个人政治立场。that从句我理解为是修饰democracy的定语从句,但...
Born to a family of professional musicians, she sings as beautifully as
a nightgale.请问老师:1)句首为什么用born to而不是born in?2) Born to a family of professional musicians这部分称作什么?
So far, Thomas tells Fast Company, he's sold 25 school bus bikes, at a
price of $25, 000 each—less than it would cost to buy a traditional school bus
with the same number of seats.1. he's sold 25 school bus bikes 这部分是同位语从句吗?2. —less than it would cost to buy a traditional s...
Occasion carries the basic denotation characteristic of its leading senses—a definite moment or juncture,but it applies only to a moment that provides an opportunity or that calls for or prompts action of a definite kind or nature.
such 与 so怎么区分?I can't believe that ( )little boys can do this.A.suchB.so这个题里极有名词boys也有形容词little。请问该怎么区别呢?老师讲的例子是单数情况下,so good a boy;such a good boy 我是通过冠词位置不同来记的,但是如果是...
老师好!With a rifle over his shoulder, he was marching up and down in front of the camp when four officers drove up in a car.本句中前半句 With a rifle over his shoulder, 介词短语作何种状语?期待老师解惑,感谢!