His first essay was a plea for mercy to animals. Already the boy was showing that deep sympathy for the suffering which was to be so characteristic of the man.问：which 引导的定语从句中so 是什么意思？帮我分析一下这个定语从句的成份，谢谢专家。
It may bring a reprieve for the whale populations currently protected in international waters but at a very high price.这里与but并列的部分是bring a reprieve吗，相当于it may be at a very high price?
Consumers may be willing to buy a company's products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes it helps. 请问这里的as an indirect way在这里是作宾补吗？前面哪个动词可以后跟宾语后跟宾补呢？
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。
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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...
...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...
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!