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?
Some of them didn't know whether the plan would be carried out ahead of schedule or be put off.1.请问句中ahead of schedule是什么成分? 这种adj+of+n结构,前后属于什么关系,也是所属关系吗?2.be put off 此处的be是否可以省略?
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?