—How did you do in the contest?—Close, but no cigar. I got second place.这里的 Close, but no cigar 是什么意思啊？查词典，它是习语，意思是“差不多，但不完全对”。如：—Was I right? 我说的对吗？—Close，but no cigar. 差不多，但不完全对。...
thank sb for doing sth 例句:(I) Thank you for asking me to talk about essay。短语for doing sth.是做什么成分？这个短语中doing的逻辑主语是sb吗？这是一种什么省略现象。我查了状语从句的省略需要主句从句主语一致，但是短语for doing sth，主语如...
剑桥语法里这样叙述比较句的构成She is older than I am.She is x old. I am y old. x＞y，用-er管控项(governor)代替x，引出than比较结构，y和old要去掉。在 He is more afraid of her
than she is afraid of him.中，afraid为何又可以不省去呢？
Some of them（主语）behave（谓语） so badly（宾语） that people called the police。（结果状语）It （形式主语）was(系动词) such a dangerous drug（表语） that he nearly died（结果状语/真实主语）。
In fact , one serious side of the exhibition is that organisers also want to show that video gaming is an important industry, employing many skilled people.这里的employing 怎么分析呢？逻辑主语是组织者吗？
...m ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fir...
...ire their poison for use against man but for use against prey such as rats and mice, and the effects on these of viperine poison is almost immediate. 蛇产生毒液不是用来对付人类的，而是用于捕食老鼠耗子之类的猎物的， 毒蛇的毒液几乎能立即毒死这些小动...
...abling technologies in health care, transportation, advanced manufacturing and resource efficiency. Typically, we’ll invest between $200,000 and 300,000 in fundraising rounds of between $700,000 and $1.5 million. We’ll be looking to syndicate deals. We’ll still be investing in seed-stage...
...ated, their country will come under
growing pressure to open its borders—and hence to start to tolerate endemic
covid-19 infections and deaths.老师您好！根据这个句子破折号后面的部分，破折号后面不可以加完整的句子吗?如果是这样的话，也可以不需要这个a...
...tractors而不用单数tractor呢？不是对一个农民来说吗？(2)像I like reading books.和I often eat apples.这样的句子中为什么分别用book和apple的复数形式books和apples，而不分别用book和apple的单数形式book和apple呢？请老师解答一下，万分感谢
1. It seemed only a few weeks____he finished translating the long story. A.since B.till C.after D.before 2. John plays football____ if not better than，David. A.as well B.as well as C.so well D.so well as 3. I must work harder,____I am...