I called on Mrs. Strickland before I left. I had not seen her for some time, and I noticed changes in her; it was not only that she was older, thinner, and more lined; I think her character had altered. She had made a success of her business, and now had an office in Chancery Lane; she did little ty...
...l stare in her eyes. She looked out of the window at the blue sky. She was not thinking, or seeing. She was waiting.There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it with fear. What was it? She did not know. It was too subtle to name. But she felt it creeping out of the sky. It was reachi...
...and I apologise. It’s something which we are trying to solve.
But it’s not really a problem of our own making. It’s a result of shortages in
raw material and delays further up the supply chain. We do try to carry reserve
stocks of all types of wood, but as you know it’s a sensitive product t...
小说《Crime and Punishment》中：Was that a crime? I am not thinking of it and I am not thinking of expiating it, and why are you all rubbing it in on all sides? ‘A crime! a crime!’ Only now I see clearly the imbecility of my cowardice, now that I have decided to face this superfluous disgr...
如果将否定词not与否定前缀连用，这也算是双重否定吗？比如：It’s not unreasonable to ask him to help you. 叫他帮助你也并无不妥。It is not uncommon for students to have bank loans. 学生有银行贷款如今已不足为奇。
If the industry does not adapt, fragrance risks being left further behind, andnot just at Christmas.
这里and之后的句子等同于and fragrance risks being left further behind not just at Chriatmas吗?not just作为副词修饰at Chirstmas?
.... ___52___ The reason why someone is triggered by something and others are not is often due to one’s personal history and psychological traits. Each person, no matter who they are, has psychological imbalances. People who have personality traits that connect with competitiveness and low upset tole...
If the Greek mathematicians had not applied themselves to the investigation of conic section, zealously and without the least suspicion that it might someday be useful, it would not have been possible centuries later to navigate far from shore. 1. 本句中的红色部分zealously and without t...
he did not love his uncle,who was as base and unworthy as his father and been uprght and honourable... 他不喜欢他的叔父，因为他的叔父卑鄙下流，不像他的父亲作风正派，受人尊敬……我知道not so…as…的含义，但这里的否定在主句中不在定从中，这...
... It's the man himself, by all that's wonderful and audacious! Not a word to show yow suspicions -not a word, or my plans crumble to the ground."从语法结构成分和含义上，如何理解by all that's wonderful and audacious？
... ago, what was newsworthy, as well as
what was appropriate, was decided by professional newsmen.The internet and social media have radically altered that power
dynamic. Many more people from many more places can now participate in public
debates, independent of media gatekeepers. Furthermore, declin...
...orld War Ⅱ, Japan hoped ________ its power to the whole Asia, and it did not succeed.A. extend B. extending C. to extend D. to have extended答案一般都是给D，考查hoped to have done，表示“本想做某事（但没做成）”。但这个题感觉比较别扭。常见的表达是...
...olved in making one can of chicken noodle soup.2. These businesses include not only chicken and vegetable Processors but also the companies that transport the ingredients and those who print labels and manufacture cans.第一句中是 making one can of chicken noodle soup，making动名词短语做...