...u, Mr Dunne. Or Kenny. Can I call you Kenny? I feel we’ve become friends these past few seconds. Can I call you Kenny?”“Sure,” Kenny said, slightly baffled.“Thank you. Thank you very much. It’s important you feel comfortable around me, Kenny. It’s important we build up a level of trust...
...语时与动名词复合结构的区别a. So many directors being absent, the board meeting had to be put
off.
由于很多董事缺席，董事会只好延期。
b. So many directors being absent caused the board meeting to be
put off.
很多董事缺席导致了董事会延期召开。
在a句...
...hout some special treat for him. (A sentence from Collins dictionary )The Chinese sentence means 'Lettie could certainly return from town with some special treat for him. But for the English sentence, isn't it supposed to be ' Lettie had never yet failed to return from town with som...
their proximate justification is in the interest of the group，and their ultimate justification lies in the service to individual interest of advancing the interest of the group.请问一下老师，这里的service是怎么个用法？不太理解“lies in the service to indiv...
Born
in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian colonialism, many of the leaders of
independence shared the ideas of representatives
government, careers open to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the right to
private property, and a belief in the individuals
as the basis of society. 这句话...
When pianist Dave Brubeck appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1954, he was both thrilled and embarrassed. At age 33, he was only the second jazz artist to be so honored — Louis Armstrong was the first — and Brubeck felt the honor should go to his idol Duke Ellington, who would wait ...
As a result of crustal adjustments and faulting, the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean now connects tothe Atlantic, opened, and water cascaded spectacularly back intothe Mediterranean.请问where the Mediterranean now connects tothe Atlantic在里是非限定性定语从句还是同位...
... things from. One of those perfect examples of how to do things on and off the court, how to handle the press, how to win with class, how to lose with class.这句话的kind of是做副词吧，这个of 后面为什么用过去分词？being a lefty为什么加being?
...ly brilliant."I wondered as I preceded him downstairs what had happened tothe little
lady in the tea-shop. Had they quarrelled already, or was his infatuation
passed? It seemed hardly likely if, as appeared, he had been taking steps for a
year to make his desperate plunge. We walked tothe Avenue d...
The stillness consequent on the cessation of the rumbling and labouring of the coach, added tothe stillness of the night made it very quiet indeed. The panting of the horses communicated a tremulous motion tothe coach, as if it were in a state o] agitation. The hearts of the passengers beat l...
...阶英汉双解词典》第9版p.2445）Good
evening everybody. Welcome tothe show ! 诸位，晚上好。欢迎观看本次演出。（同上）Welcome
to my humble abode. 欢迎光临寒舍。Welcome
to our company. 欢迎来我们公司。Welcome
to our online storefront. 欢迎到我们的网...
They also light lamps and play music because they think that will lead the ancestors back to earth. 人们还点起灯笼，奏响乐曲，因为他们一位这样做可以把祖先引到世上。问题1：为什么用 play music？可以 sing music 吗（我也知道这个读起来很怪，不顺...
used as a direct object with little or no meaning We hoofed it all the way back to camp. [=we walked all the way back to camp] We decided to rough it on vacation this year. [=to have our vacation somewhere where we would not have our normal comforts] living it up [=doin...
...结构，只用于表示一种意想不到的结果。如：He hurried tothe house only to find that it was empty. 他急忙赶到那所房子，却发现空无一人。He returned after the war, only to be told that his wife had left him. 他战后回来，人家诉他他妻子已离开他了。He...