The trip, under way as The Economist went to press, began in Saudi Arabia (whose king, Salman bin Abdul Aziz, is pictured with Mr Xi).句中的 under way 作副词修饰 the trip。请问在英语中,副词可以修饰主语或名词吗?
Aristotle’s scientific theories dominated Western
thought for fifteen hundred years. 亚里士多德的科学理论统治西方思想长达1500年之久。上面的句子摘自柯林斯词典,请问句中为什么用 fifteen
hundred,而不用 one thousand and five hundred?
If weather permits, we will
set out.改成独立主格:Weather permitting, we will
set out.为什么不可以说?Weather to permit, we will
set out.?因为独立主格结构里有 名词/代词+ to do的形式,为什么这里不可以用 weather to permit 呢?