下面的句子来自爱词霸:The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin. 欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。我觉得句子中的 cousin 用得特别好:cousin 的本意是“堂兄弟姐妹”“表兄弟姐妹”,这里把“欧式厨房”比作“美式厨房...
She explained that Rastus was very dear to her.Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!这个是新概念3 lesson19 中的,这里为什么不用过去完成式 she had paid?
Do you, Master, stand forth (as sovereign), and the kingdom will (at once) be well governed这句话是庄子逍遥游的翻译,尧想要把天下给许由治理,这是尧请求许由出山的时候说的话,原文为:夫子立而天下治(如果您即位,天下定将治理得很好)...
What Chekhov provides in Platonov is a tragi-comic portrait of the superfluous man:in this case an articulate schoolteacher whose volatile despair proves fatally attractive to women.我是这样理解本句话的,an articulate schoolteacher 是冒号前面句子的同位语,whose引导定语...
Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy;...(后面省略)【参考译文】因为代议制政府以公民有知识为前提,所以该报告支持扫盲教育;...【我的疑问】我把"presupposes an informed citizenry"...
She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy.请问老师,这里这个be什么意思?一个句子中,不是不能两个动词吗?该如何理解?还有 common to 作形容词短语修饰idealism,哪些情况下可以形容词短语作...
Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses.
1 with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. 这个整体不应该是with复合结构吗?这个逗号作用是什...