...：It is her beauty that attracts him. 是她的美貌吸引了他。It is the grandmother who makes the decisions. 做出决定的是老奶奶。It is his illness that makes him bad-tempered. 他因为生病，脾气变得暴躁。It’s speed that causes accidents, not bad roads. 造成车祸的...
That smartphone sales have peaked, and seem to be levelling off at around 1.4bn units a year, is good news for humanity. 这里的 a year是做定语修饰around 1.4bn units吗？感觉不是修饰谓语动词 level off 的。
...阶英汉双解》（第8版）drink词条有：drink sth I drank far too much last night. 我昨天晚上喝得酩酊大醉。《柯林斯高级英语学 习词典第5版》词条much义项5 有： There was so much to talk about. 上面两个句子意思我理解...
Not having any other option at that time, I decided it was best to sit and wait.option后面是否应该加s，限定词（many/any/some…）+other+名词中的名词的数是否是由前面的限定词确定（any后一般加复数可数名词）。
...一段时间的状语连用，I have heard from my girlfriend since I came to America. I have bought this pair of shoes for two years. 但在之前的回答，http://ask.yygrammar.com/app_q-36225.html 老师说在since引导的时间状语从句中可以用动态动...
...hey are very hospitable people, and I am sure that they would be very glad to see you."老师， 这里的will是一般将来时用法吧？ 还是也可理解为表“意志，愿意”？ 另外，I hope that 从句也可用一般现在时即I hope that you come also ？
From a practical aspect this protected the figures against breakage and psychologically gives the images a sense of strength and power, usually enhanced by a supporting back pillar.1. “, usually enhanced by a supporting back pillar.”这部分是该理解成逗号隔开的后置定语，还是省...
1. I'd rather you didn't say anything about it for the time being.
2. I'd rather you hadn't said anything about it.
问题一：请问老师上面两句应该怎么翻译。
知道 would rather 后用虚拟语气，怎么确定是和现在相反还是和过去相反呢？
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...没绕过来，希望老师能帮忙讲解下：1.这是A和B在谈论C(即they)是否知道这个事故，此时A和B并不知道C到底知不知道，然后A对B说：If they(=C) were
aware of theincident, they would have told us by now. 我理解这是个真实条件句，主句是对过去的...
A man escaped from the prison last night. It was a long time ____ the guards discovered what had happened.
A. before B. until C. since D. likely
答案为before，请问可否选择until？
在一张试卷中有这样一组对话：—Are you going to school by bus or bike?—Sometimes by bus and sometimes by bike. 问句中的 by bus or bike 应该是 by bus or by bike 的省略形式，但问题是，英语有这样的省略吗？是英语真可以这样省略，还是试卷上漏印...
..._____________(过了好长时间他才发现) what had happened. 1.It took a long time for him to find what had happed.2.It was a long time before he found what had happened.3. It had been a long time before he found what had happened.4. After a long time, then he found what had happened. ...