Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.1. 这里的hire是hire out的意思吧，这里是不是省略了out？因为我查字典，动词hire单独使用，一般是雇佣进来...
Forthe bride to wear white s customary。这个句子对吗？是不是一定要改成下面这样？It’s
customary forthe bride to wear white. 新娘穿白色衣服，这是风俗。 换句话说，for sb to
do sth可以放在句首作主语吗？有哪本语法书有类似的介绍吗？
Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly.当然，现在人们对成功及其标志的兴趣与以前相比似乎丝毫未减。请问上述句子能否去掉do not，在seem后加not，而句子含义不发生改变呢？就是变成这样：Certainly ...
He would have paid ______ forthe house if the salesgirl had insisted because he really wanted it.A.as much twice B.twice much as C.twice as much D.much as twice老师，麻烦帮我分析句子成分！
...t surely that does not mean environmentalists concerned about uncontrolled industrial growth are anti-science, as an essay in US News & World Report last May seemed to suggest.我不明白这个部分 as an essay in US News & World Report last May seemed to suggest. 这个 as 是...
...无人到来。It is not finally settled yet. 这事还未最后解决。The railway is not completed yet. 铁路还没有完成。I haven’t digested your ideas yet. 我还没有领会你的想法。但是，今天看到一个句子，yet被放在句子中间：The patient is not yet out of danger...
The lecture, starting at 7:00 PM last night, was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes.请问: starting at 7:00 PM last night 是现在分词短语作状语吗？
句子一：She walked into the house quietly so that she wouldn't be heard. 句子二：She walked into the house quietly so as not to be heard. 为什么句一状语从句有would，转为句二不定式结构没有would ?
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各位老师好，学生这里看到这么一道题目。The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.A. had known B. knewC. have known D. know我看网上不少论坛或者做题栏目都选了A，可A的意思难道不是理解为：我在过...
The work entailed a number of expense which I had not allowed for.为什么这句，后面which引导的定语从句，先行项只能认为是expense, 而不能认为是a number of expense 呢？而在The work entailed a number of expense, which I had not allowed for. 先行项却只能认为是a n...
在The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language中，1133页有这样一个例句：She did more than double her capital.然后还特地说明了在这个句子中，double必须是用原形(plain form)。所以我现在想问一下这里为什么必须使用原形。我自己的错误理解是：*...
...宾语，所以才可以将介词提至句首。如：He’ll
never forget the policeman, by whom he was saved from the lake.（他将永远不会忘记从湖中救出他的那个警察。）但是还有一类“介词＋which（whom）”引导的定语从句中，“介词＋which（whom）”是...
章振邦新编高级英语语法510页：1）If only he comes in time = (I hope he will come in time).2）If only he didn't drive so fast = (I wish he didn't drive so fast/I am sorry he drives so fast)3）If only I hadn't been late for work = (I wish I hadn't been late for work)我...