...ods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There wasalso a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer. Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it istoday, steam boats carried thousands of visitors a...
...y, says the worms’ ability to break down
their everyday food—beeswax—also allows them to break down plastic. “Wax is a
complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is
there as well,” she explains. “The wax worm evolved a method or system to break
this bond...
...ques are used to
create a protective ___57___ (function) structure that isalso beautiful. The
design features ten steel "sepals" made of glass and aluminum. These
sepals open over four minutes to reveal a 1,517 square foot space like a crown.
The Glasshouse opens on warm days ___58___ (give) the in...
Cave
exploration, or pot-holing, as it has
come to be known, is a relatively new sport. 1)
新东方辅导书上说这是个as引导的分析作定语从句，而外研社辅导书上说，这是as引导的方式状语从句，究竟哪个是正确的呢？为什么呢？2)这里为什么用了现...
Overdressed
is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael
Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. 此句话如何理解翻译？以下是上下文：第二段Thistop-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at
odds with the feverish wor...
to change or behave in a particular way as a result of or in response to sth这里的of or拆分开，就是下面2句话吗？to change or behave in a particular way as a result of sthto change or behave in a particular way or in response to sth
...子：As different as Bennett and Greeley were from each other they were also curiously alike.语境：前文介绍了Bennett和Greeley的不同点，下文要开始介绍他们的相同点。参考答案翻译：尽管贝内特和格里利不同于彼此，但他们又惊人地相似。问题：as...
...，今天的这个句子也不例外——The plan as currently conceived is seriously flawed.（CaGEL, p1146）。当然，所说的补全是指补全后句子仍然能够真实成立的情形。 这个句子省略的是什么？是is还是it is？下面尝试从三个方面加以探讨。1. 解...
...for the literature, painting, and sculpture of Aframericans--such as there is--it is identical in kind with the literature, painting, and sculpture of white Americans; that is, it shows more or less evidence of European influence.请问这句话中的such as there is 如何理解？谢谢！
The word tuhao used to mean rural landlords who oppress their tenants and servants, while now it refers to people
spending money without limits or those showing off all around.
... below.
He waited
forTony to come in and then said, “Tony, you know yourselfas much as I
know myself.
I’m kind enough
to you, and I always try to make you happy, but you do nothing
all day. If you go on like that, you will go hungry in the future.” （172字）(说明:参考译文见“过...
...Ⅰ）阅读理解C文章中的一句：Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.请问其中的plastic footprint 是什么意思？我查《牛津词典》，footprint的意思如下：footprint1. [usually plural] a mark left on a surface...
...eved by a brief period lying, or
even sitting down. The body's tissues are self-repairing and self-restoring to
a degree, and function best when more or less continuously active.
参考译文：“休息”，从使肌肉得到放松等方面来看，只要稍微躺一躺，甚至坐一坐就能达...