...or such little things those great big waves
might have seemed threatening. They arise chiefly from what is passing at
the time, and though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted
to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as uns...
The pre-scientific conception of the dream which obtained among the ancients was, of course, in perfect keeping with their general conception of the universe, which was accustomed to project as an external reality that which possessed reality only inthe life of the psyche.请问这里的that和whic...
Under
these conditions, it made good sense to thousands of peasant families toin
effect work full-time at what they had been able to do only part-time
previously because of the requirement to work for the government: grow rice for
the marketplace.请教一下各位老师，这句话中grow
rice for...
The
government has been urging the courts to play more of a role in restructuring
debt, as they do in America, with its Chapter 11 procedure. the courts是中国的，为何在从句中用了they呢？我觉得用those更好些。谢谢各位老师！
Do you happen to know anybody inthe university that this dictionary was compiled at? Do you happen to know anybody inthe university where this dictionary was...
The UN, in handling Africa-related issues, needs to respect the will of the African people, enlist the AU and other regional and sub-regional organizations in Africa, and encourage and support Africa’s own initiatives and solutions.老师您好，请问 and encourage and support 为什么要两...
What can be done to harness this interest and give the public the scientific background it needs to make informed decisions on subjects like acid rain, the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons, and genetic engineering?(选自 Public Attitudes Toward Science by Stephen Hawking ) 参考译文：怎...
The room had been fashioned into a small museum, and the walls were lined by a number of glass-topped cases full of that collection of butterflies and moths the formation of which had been the relaxation of this complex and dangerous man. Inthe centre of this room there was an upright beam, which h...
...k, and said with
some discomposure to Sir William,"Indeed,
Sir, I have not the least intention of dancing. -- I entreat you not to suppose
that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner."Mr.
Darcy with grave propriety requested to be allowed the honour of her hand; but
in vain. Elizabeth was de...
Half of that was assumed to represent damage to houses and their contents, but what was good news inthe Wall Street Journal ("Theinsurance industry is expected to escape serious financial harm") was notso reassuring tothe people whose property it was. (NEWSWEEK).最后一句“to t...
...分词作表语的特殊用法【典例】When you’re ________ (do)
with the book, just give it to Mary or Shelley or whoever. 【解析】有的同学认为，由于句子主语与动词do之间在此不是被动关系，所以此处的 do 不能用过去分词done，而应用现在分词doing。...
.... For example, one function
friendship seems to fulfil is that
it supports the image we have of ourselves and confirms the value of the
attitudes we hold.one function friendship主语，联系动词is作谓语，that引导表语从句，那么seems to fulfil在句中做什么成分？
Only 0.8% of married couples where the stay-at-home father was out of the labor force for a year.疑问：此处的where the stay-at-home father是个句子吗？不是句子的话，where又是什么词性以及有什么含义？有些想不明白以下是有关此句的上下文：The endless deba...
...ourne sprang up to house large “comfortable”classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation tothe rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholds' meeting to dictate their orders tothe management.其中，to house large “co...
2018年12月四级阅读：Born the 16th child to poor parents in Paris in either 1783 or 1784, a young Carême was suddenly abandoned at the height of the French Revolution.我理解born常用于被动语态，前半句就是过去分词引导的一个分句，实际意义是a young Carême was bor...