Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swing in the oil price.在这句话中，than 后边接的是they were, than的词性是什么？than具有介词、连词两个词性。
...is is the sense each friend gives the other of being a special individual, on whatever grounds this recognition is based.on whatever grounds this recognition is based这句可以这么理解吗，on whatever grounds this recognition is based on whatever grounds是不是类似于倒装结构呢...
...The mag was forced to retract that story after Hanks unleashed his
lawyer on the tab.我看中文翻译lawyer on the tab意思是律师函，请教这个翻译对吗？或是Lawyer on the tab表达其他含义，以及请细致拆解分析为什么会如此含义？
...landI was back in my home town of
Macclesfield to take some winter images. Walking up a path through the forest
towards Shutlingsloe, a local high point, I came across a small clearing and
immediately noticed the dead yellow grasses set against the fresh snow. The
small pine added to the interest an...
But caloric restriction... it kinda shocks the system, and one result is...well, those monkeys on the calorie-restricted diet had lots more naive T cells left than you'd expect in monkeys that old.但是卡路里限制，它有点惊吓住了整个系统，一个结果就是，那些使用了卡...
Otto Jespersen 较早在其A Modern English Grammar on Historical
Principles
—Part 5.Syntax(4th Volume) (1954, London, Copenhagen) (版本2) P192-193认可dislike可以后接动词不定式作宾语：To-infinitive
as Object 13.12
dislike: he dislikes to be in a hurry.然而A. S. Hornby在其G...
Sharpening judgment by absorbing and reflecting on law is a desirable component of a journalist’s intellectual preparation for his or her career.absorbing and reflecting on law如何分析？既然是并列，应该有absorb on law，可是在词典里查不到这种用法呀。