Rather than cause trouble, he left.
Sooner than marry that man, she would earn her living as a waitress
rather和sooner都有愿意的意思，但是和than组合就是不愿意的意思，我想说这是不是一种倒装了，他的原形than cause
trouble, he rather left
than marry that man,...
How do you come to know these people? 你是怎么认识这些人的？
How did you come to get the tickets? 你是怎么搞到这些票的？
请问 How do you come to do sth 是英语中的固定句式吗？从上面的两个句子来看，它们应该像是一个固定句式，是吗？
It's a chicken and egg situation—I don't know whether I was bad at the sciences because I wasn't interested in them or not interested in them and thereforenot good at them.这句中的a chicken and egg situation 意思是“鸡和蛋的问题”，其中的chicken and egg 是用作定...
...ssary. 他担心过度。than指代much，是状语吧，从句缺主语？The name makes me more qualified to be a football player than an art critic.这个句子后面是不是省了is，就剩一个主语an art critic，than指代qualified从句作表语？还有个问题就是than从句的省略...
If his object had been health for health’s sake, the result would still have been well worth any sacrifices of momentary desire that it cost him; but he had a higher purpose.句中any sacrifices of momentary desire ，可以概括N1+of+N2, N1和N2根据具体的情况，可以有多种理解，这...
Einstein had the idea of relativity when he was 16, although he didn't
publish it until 1905, after he had studied physics in college.来源:外研社教师参考用书上一篇范文的一句话。背景信息:爱因斯坦16岁还未上大学，1900年本科毕业，1905博士毕业问题:1.after...
...虽停了，但还飘着小雨。It rained heavily and every depression in the road was filled with muddy water. 雨下得很大，路上每个坑洼处都积满了泥浆水。但如果要表示雨下得小，可以用 rain lightly 吗？因为我看到一篇日记是这样开头的：That day it wa...
...，请教老师：In World 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这个题能不能选C。我的观点是这样的：就像描述过去的两件事，A先于B发生，A可以是过去完成时，...
...题：He is wearing his sunglasses to ( ) himself from the strong sunlight.A. prevent B. stop C. keep D. protect答案：D我的疑问是，为什么不能选C. keep ?牛津词典，朗文词典，外研社词典 - 都解释keep有“protect”之义，同时...
He ran from the haunted room downstairs and to a door that showed acrack of light. She came out to his knock. He smothered hisexcitement as best he could.他从幽灵萦绕的房间跑下楼，来到透出一缝光线的门前。她应声开门出来。他竭力克制住激动之情。1) ...
... where he is from.我不知道他来自哪里。句4：I went to see where the noise was coming from.我去看噪音来自哪里。句1中what是代词词性所以要有介词for，句2中where是连接副词作地点状语是副词词性。但句3和句4中，where却变成了介词from的宾语，...
...d for you. 把汤喝了，（它）对你有好处。I’ll need to adjust the clock. It’s slow again. 我要把时钟拨一下。它又慢了。请问一下，it用作形式主语和形式宾语时，它也是代词吗？It’s best to go by bus. 最好坐公共汽车去。It is getting more and ...
...惑的地方。After____ seemed an endless wait, it was his turn to enter the personnel manager's office. A. that
B. it
C. what
D. there 本句中after后需要一个宾语从句,该宾语从句缺主语,因此需要一个作主语的连接代词。只有what可以在宾语从句中...