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?
在翻帖子的过程中,看到曹老师有这一句话Tom ______ better than to ask Dick for help.A.shall know B.shouldn't know C.has known D.should have known…A shall表示说话人的意志,不能和静态动词连用。shall也不能表示推测。因此排除。”但是我在其他地方...
Like all ecological systems, a forest is made up of a living
environment and a nonliving environment.
请问各位老师 forest 和 living environment 这些都是抽象名词表示泛指,为什么前面要加不定冠词?可以去掉吗?
1. 请问下面这个句子中的分号是表示转折吗?Everyone faces changes; different ones at different times. We all handle the same challenges differently; we all have different results.2. 能说一下分号的用法吗?谢谢!