北师大新版课本(必修一)有这样一个句子:Some
spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring
the ones who sat right in front of them.想问下这里为什么是bent而不是bending? spend后常接doing的。
In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding age, health, and other characteristics of models.第三句agree last month on这个last month可以放在agree on这个动词短语中间吗?
In other markets low prices would force producers to shut mines. Not for cobalt. The price has already fallen below many miners’ break-even point. 麻烦问一下老师,Not for cobalt.是什么意思啊?
Through dance classes, cheerful camps, college courses, our marriages,
and everything in life—we’ve been forever friends.上面句子中,在through介词短语后面使用了长划线破折号,这是什么用法呢?—we’ve been forever
friends,这里的破折号是代替逗号吗?
This ticket does not entitle you to travel first class. 你拿这张票不能坐头等舱。这是牛津词典例句。为什么可以说travel first class ? 如何理解和翻译呢?travel first class, travel是及物动词,first class作宾语,是什么意思呢?不能理解。
请问老师,depend on sb to do 和depend on sb doing的区别是什么?比如这句话中 We decided to depend on him to carry out the secret order. 可以换成 depend on him carrying out the secret order吗?