Competition for these jobs is very severe—we have five times as many applicants as we did last year. 中文原句：谋求这些职位的竞争很激烈，今年的求职者是去年的五倍。1. 此句competition 前面为何不需要定冠词 the？2. Competition for： 介词 for 表示...
We
couldn’t wait to comment on the incident until we had someone in custody, not
after the way the debate ended.1.请问can't wait to do是还不是有两种意思：一种是“等不及做某事、迫不及待要做某事”，另一种是“不能等着做某事”，我有点琢磨不明白...
...报道了两条好消息。Piles of rubbish have not only blocked the way,but polluted the air as
well. 成堆的垃圾不仅挡住了道路，而且污染了空气。A row of pine trees is lined on the side of the road. 一排松树长在路的一边。A packet of letters needs mailing. 有一包...
...they faced one question, seen indeed before the days of empire had
dawned, but not fully resolved over twenty centuries. Each dynastic house would
need to choose between two principles that lay behind its way of government.
Emperors could either rely on the ties of kinship to their own ancestors so ...
...但他却准时到了。I’m afraid it’s next door to impossible that we’ll be there on time. 看来我们几乎不可能准时赶到了。We can finish this job on time if everyone does his bit. 如果每一个人都尽自己的本分，我们就能按时完成这项工作。请问 on time 除...
Having been shown around the lab,wewere led into a big hall.可否改为Shown around the lab,wewere led into a big hall.having finished the work, they went home.可否改为the work finished,they went home.如果可以这么改，这种变换是一般规律吗？
...菜) was to make a
nice green salad, rounding out a roast chicken dinner. But I ended up working
late. Then friends called with a dinner invitation. I stuck the chicken in the
freezer. But as days passed, the arugula went bad. Even worse, I had
unthinkingly bought way too much; I
could have made six...
...t the pool. It is my favorite month.正确：I spent June at the the pool, but John spent it in his office.4)除了时间和地点，还有很多名词词组存在这种不能用it替代的现象。上世纪末Paul M. Postal曾对这些结构做过归纳，并将它们称为Antipronomial Context：...
有这样一个句子：
It’s a competent enough first novel but nothing to get excited about.
enough 和 first 分别修饰谁？
我的理解是：enough修饰competent，first 修饰 novel，我的理解对吗？
那a competent enough first novel是什么意思呢？
...
...i says the Times shouldn’t waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way. “Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going have your most loyal customers really u...
...定式的句子很多。比如：Happy to meet you. 见到你很高兴。We’re happy to be here. 我们在这里很快活。Ann will be happy to help you. 安帮助你，会感到高兴的。 He was happy to be among friends again. 他很高兴又回到朋友们中来了。这些句子的happy后...
We’re bringing sweaters and coats with us, so I hope we’ll be OK. I’ll
see you in a few days. Talk to you soon.这是2019版人教版高中英语新教材必修一的 Unit 2（p32）的句子。请问这里的 Talk to you soon 是什么意思？什么用法？