They
squatted side by side on the dirt, a crowd of village women holding sari cloth
around them as a makeshift curtain, and poured soapy water from a metal pan
over their heads. 这句话摘自《国家地理》上面一篇讲述印度童媳的文章。they指三个小女孩，分别是5、13和15...
He loved the feel of her soft hair against his skin.
这是剑桥词典上的一句话。这句话的意思应该是“他喜欢她的头发贴着他肌肤的感觉”。但是这句话 feel 是宾语，of her soft hair是定语，against his skin是hair的定语，翻译起来就成了...
...位老师好！在《柳林风声》的原著中看到了这样一句话：They had to lay Toad out on the floor, kicking and calling all sorts of names, before they could get to work properly. 这句话的语境是，Rat和Mole合力把Toad按在地上，然后脱掉他的衣服。其中的kic...
Without a word more spoken, she left the meeting room.她没再说什么话就离开了会议室。（without+名词/代词+动词的-ed形式）这例句中 without a word more spoken,为什么不能写成without a more word spoken,“再没说一个字”，这样不是更加简单明了而且more...
1//rather than do something属于不定式作介词宾语的范畴吗？类似but to do ,except to to？
1//对于more than的以下的用法，than是什么词性呢
1后接形容词，
▷They were more than glad to help us.
2后接副词或分词
▷The girl was more than slightly hurt.
...
...言外之意就是也可以用单数：Thousands of pounds have spent on the new hospital. 成千上万英镑的钱花在了这家新医院上。
但我查了一下资料（我说的资料是词典和语法著作，不是网上的资料），得到的结果好像不是这样，Thousands of dollar...
... 他说他从没见到过她，这是不真实的。We told him to consult the doctor, which advice he took. 我们叫他去看医生，他听取了我们的劝告。I cleaned my shoes, which was better than doing nothing. 我把鞋子擦干净了，这比闲着什么都不干要好。
...cluding restructuring charges, Merrill lost $4.42 per share, far more than the $1.94 per share loss that analysts on average expected, according to ReutersEstimates. 不计重组费用,美林每股亏损4.42美元,据ReutersEstimates,分析师原本预计美林第二季每股亏损1.94美元....
Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of
paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that
I ever heard of. On the contrary, passengers themselves must pay.老师好，上文节选自美国小说《白鲸记》，黑体部分的"that I ever
he...