the deficiency which I note in chief lies in the fact that what I had meant to be the main，while explicitly enough stated in the book, remains for every practical end indiscernible.
如何理解这里的main名词意思？
The basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.分不清这个定语从句中which, bear和to the whole number的结构。
两种被动句型： People believe he is ill. ➡It is believed that he is ill.(句型I)➡He is believed to be ill.（句型II）我的疑问一：如果谓语动词为其他时态而不是一般现在时态,而是其他时态，会有被动句型II吗？此时句型II和句型I能转...
...ind the sinks are mirrors and on either side of these, shelves overflowing with an mixture of plastic combs (some plunged into a glass bottle containing a blue liquid), shaving mugs, scissors, cutthroat blades and hair brushes, stacked neatly in a pyramid.在这个句子中，为什么overflow...
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She reluctantly agreed to be interviewed. 她勉强同意接受采访。（同上）
He readily agreed to do what they wanted him to do. 他很乐意地答应了他们的要求。（同上）
They agreed not to oppose her nomination. 他们同意不...
Straitford's briefs don't sound likethe usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramaticdeclarations on the chance they might be wrong.whereby什么意思？句子中的 agencies 指代 Straitford 还是 usual Washington？求解释!
To be successful, the program would need to receive about seven times as much money as it currently receives.这句话是什么意思？是说项目需要收到7倍于当下的利润，还是说项目需要7倍于当下的投入？