At first glance, it looks as if there is no element of “present involvement” in this use of the Present Perfect, any more than there isin the Simple Past.看不懂这个句子,尤其是any more than there is in the Simple Past - 总感觉缺少什么,there is 后怎么会没有了?
When I last saw him,he'd been running and was out of breath.
这句话的逗号后半句很令我困惑。他当时正在跑步并喘着气,这是两件同时进行的事情,喘气也随着跑步而持续进行着。
所以我觉得应该写成,he had been running and(been) out of brea...
"The only people a painter should know," he used to say," are people who are beautiful, people who are an artistic pleasure to look at, and restful to talk to.不定式to look at, to talk to在句中主语的补语吗?
Mark Morgan discussed the border wall the day after the debate.We're almost at 400 miles.我们修建的边境墙快到400英里了,不是我们快到400英里了。所以,为什么英语可以用We're almost at 400 miles.来表示我们修建的边境墙快到400英里了???
in the first place的用法与翻译 ■陈根花(长沙) 一、某些词典对in the first place的翻译实例习语
in the first place最通常的翻译是“首先”“第一”。我们先来看看一些词典的例句翻译:How did you manage to get into this mess in the first place? ...