如：It was rather a pity that you missed the wonderful concert. 你错过来这么动听的音乐会真遗憾。The nurse was quite a dish. 那位护士完全是个美人儿。如果改成了“quite/rather (相当) +a/an + (形容词) +名词”的用法，这里的rather和quite是不是就是...
一道中译英题目：从他的反应来看，他似乎已经完全忘记了之前的承诺，这让我们实在想不通。（appear）Judging from his reactin, he appeared to have forgotten his previous promise......这里为什么不能写成he appeared having forgotten呢?
就是对于这样的句子： 1.I find his father worried about him. 2.I keep the books lying on the floor. 1中的 his father 是动作 worry 的发出者么？
同样2中的books 与lying的关系又怎么讲呢？
如果把find和keep 换成别的非谓语动词，以上的句...
When Jim was little, him mom used to sit by his bed, telling him stories till he fell asleep.
请问句中的when Jim was little用得对吗？我感觉应该用when Jim was young才对。Little表示“年纪小”好像是用作定语而不用作表语吧！是这样吗？谢谢！
...师举的例子其实都是一致的：
Talking of travel, have you been to Athens yet? 说到旅行，你去过雅典吗？
Talking of Jim, have you heard that he’s getting married? 说到吉姆，你听说他要结婚了吗?
请问老师，能给出几个逻辑主语不一致的例子...
No matter how bright a talker you are, there are times when it's better _____ silent.A. remainB. be remainingC. having remained D. to remain希望老师分析的越详细越好，知识点分析的越多越好，充分的分析整个句子。谢谢老师啦！
... published: 9/13/2017 (译文：最初发表于2001年9月13日)When the sun rose yesterday, someone joked that the city was missing its two front teeth.（译文：昨天早晨太阳升起的时候，有人开玩笑说纽约城少了两颗大门牙。）选自Snapshots of New York’s Mood af...
I won’t be able to go on holiday with my mother being ill.在语法网上查找资料后得到了两个解释：1、my mother being ill是独立主格结构，前面加了一个介词with。 （出自《如何正确理解英语的独立主格结构》）2、my mother being ill是复合结构，bei...
具体语境如下：Once Tom turned 10 years old, his grandfather presented Tom with a Nun chuck.Tom was then taught about how to use it.我的第一感觉就是这里应该是“接着、然后”的意思，而我的朋友告诉我这里应该是时间间隔更大的“后来”的意思。我发...