Now, the museum is holding workshops that encourage children to learn similar skills -- and they’re still very popular.这里的encourage的主语是workshop吗?还是成立工作室这件事?
请问各位专家老师:Try as he might (=however hard he tried), he couldn't open the door.这里Try as he might 为什么等于however hard he tried? 另外,这里为什么用might这个词?是might的一种特殊用法吗?
句中主动和被动的理解:Many bishops had been concerned about the confusion such an apparent
conflict could otherwise cause among Catholics.concern为什么用被动,而cause用了主动,句意不是主动的担心和被动的造成吗?
However, with quantifiers that select singular heads, respecification is the only option.上面这句话摘自曹老师经常引用的“剑桥语法”第354页。这句不是很懂,尤其是其中的 respecification 在词典上没有查到。麻烦老师指点一下,并翻译下这个句子...
我们说hardly...when通常主从句用过去完成时和一般过去时,请看下面题目____ the hibernating animals ____ any movement ____ they hibernate.A. hardly had; made; whenB. Hardly do; make; when答案是B,还有这种特殊用吗?
generous 通常用于 It is generous of sb to do sth。如:
It was generous of you to give us so much money. 你给我们这么多钱,真慷慨。
但是可以用于 sb is generous to do sth吗?比如下面这样改一下:
You were generous to give us so much money. 你给我们这...