...an 有时可用于另一名词前作定语(有的词典将此用法视为形容词)。如:He
is a freshman football player. 他是足球新手。Fran
just finished her freshman year in college. 弗兰刚读完了大学一年级。Our
friendship goes back to our freshman year in college. 我们...
...英语惯用法词典》(上海译文出版社2002)认为the matter有形容词性质,所以What is the
matter?里的what 通常被看作主语,而且习惯说 He asked me what
was the matter,不说 He asked me what the matter
was。He asked me what the matter was 的意思通常是“他...
冒险者从死尸上找出一本日记,冒险者是这样形容这本日记的:By the looks of it, this book took a tumble down some cliffs.我对这句话的理解是:这本书看起来挺旧的,好像从悬崖上掉下来似的但词典里解释【took a tumble】还有恍然大悟的意...