Casual workers are usually paid ______ the hour.
A. by B. on C. to D. with
答案是 by。但为什么不能是 on 呢？on the hour 的搭配我也见过。如：
A bus leaves for New York on the hour.
...l 后面接复数名词或不可数名词肯定是没问题的。如：He stole all our money. 他偷走了我们所有的钱。Are all the students here today? 今天所有的学生都到了吗?They soon tore up all the agreements. 不久他们便撕毁了所有的协定。If all the seats are book...
...m-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary中mark词条，有：a : to indicate (a location, such as a location on a map) with a mark or symbol X marks the spot where the suspect was last seen. 根据上面的解释和例句，似乎可以这样：1a. X marks the spot where t...
...于类似用法吗？比如下面这个句子：
Who was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes? 谁第一个在四分钟以内跑完了一英里?
此句中的 in under four minutes 也属同样用法吗？但我觉得句中的 in 是多余的。请专家老师指点把关，谢谢！...
1. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous ?我查到 even though 和 even if 应保持“主将从现”的规则，上面句子是教材中的原句，没有符合这条规则，为什么？2. The prince knew that unless the girl's foot could fit the shoe, ...
...句子为2015高考英语浙江卷真题：Jane’s grandmother had wanted to write a children’s book for many years, but one thing or another always got in the way. 简的祖母多年来一直想写一本儿童读物，但是一件接一件的事情总是妨碍她写书。请问句中的 one thin...
...，句子倘若换成主动就是宾补，但consider的宾补形式不是to be adj/n 或直接n/adj 的么？ consider的宾补有介词of的么，还是说它原句不是主语补足语？Consider yourself lucky you weren't in the car at the time.另外这个句子成分的问题是查词的...
In 2016, 60-year-old Marshall Reeves got onto his bike in California. He began the Race Across America, a 3000-mile that runs from coast to coast.A. way B. journey C. road&...
...书上看到两个句子。第一个是： I didn't know it until you told me .第二个是 : I had heard nothing of what had happened until you told me .为什么第一个主句用的是过去式而第二个句子用的是过去完成时呢？这对我的影响好大。。我觉得第二个句...
..."Munch very deliberately included the caption [. . .] on this version to describe how his inspiration came from the anxiety he suddenly felt as he walked along a path in Oslo, a place you can still visit today," Bartrum continued.在此句中，既然已明确说明了Munch创作这幅画...
...句：Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.请问其中的plastic footprint 是什么意思？我查《牛津词典》，footprint的意思如下：footprint1. [usually plural] a mark left on a surface by a person’s foot or shoe or b...
VOA 《46th US President Makes Immediate
Changes to Policy, Rules》It took
four days of uncertain election results until Joe Biden could announce this.The people
of this nation have spoken: they've delivered us a clear victory.请教老师：It took
four days of uncertain election results until Joe...
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes
on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova—not as a musician but as her page
turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can
help Mariain in her performance.”上面一段摘自2021年新高考...