1. Her friend tried to persuade her to go back home with him, but in vain.2. The setting sun lit up the river, which, as if by magic, had turned into a golden ribbon.上面的两个句子中，but in vain, as if by magic都省略了什么呢，谢谢大家!
Such humble talents as God has given me I will endeavour to put to their greatest use; if I am able to amuse, I will try to benefit too; and when I feel it my duty to speak an unpalatable truth, with the help of God, I will speak it, though it be to the prejudice of my name and to the detriment of m...
...decision to holdsome events at the white house, which some have criticized as an ethics violation blurring the line between campaigning and governing.The convention targeted Trump's base as well as groups showing low support for him.1) 上句，为什么his decision to hold.., 可以his decision...
...me and labor. Americans are“slaves to nothing but the clock” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were an almost tangible entity. In their language there are words associated with it: time can be budgeted saved wasted stolen killed and cut. Americans also charge for time. It is a pre...
Never again, not even in the face of the most impassioned anti-smoking publicity by the FDA, would cigarette consumption decline as rapidly as it did during these years of entirely market-driven anti-smoking ad claims by the industry itself.这里的not even怎么翻译，我觉得不要not也有原...
Nobody has promised that any of you will be released yet.上句中的yet在牛津词典中a) used in negative sentences and questions to talk about sth that has not happened but that you expect to happen （用于否定句和疑问句，谈论尚未发生但可能发生的事）b (used in negative s...
...nal.What's still to be determined are complete vote counts in some states, as well as the make-up of House Representatives and the Senate.我记得有一个句型：have/be yet to do sth, 尚未做某事. 所以，上句可否用yet代替still, 即What's yet to be determined...？
If you see the phrase as dead as a doornail,you don't need to know what
a doornail is，simply that the whole phrase means"totally dead",这个句子中逗号后simply that the
whole phrase means"totally dead应该是一个完整的句子，为什么能用逗号连接，还是这是一个从句？
老师们好，过去分词短语的被动语态可以省略宾语么？Or painted by an old master as the face of an angel.是一个单独的句子，句首大写，这个被动过去分词短语，可以理解为...an old master paint them as the face of an angel吗？
A Hong Kong lawyer violently beaten by rioters on Sunday has urged that the upcoming national security law be implemented as soon as possible so that violent protesters can no longer "act unscrupulously at their will."
Nevertheless, for many of us, these casseroles are as much a part of childhood as Halloween and jump rope. 句中的much为什么可以用在a part of childhood前面？去掉much不是也可以吗？不懂的是，这种比较句中的much从语法上来说，究竟是什么词性？又起什...
The hole in the stratospheric ozone layer over Antarctica did not grow as fast this year as it did on average between 1991 and 2006.为什么从句不用过去完成式had done呢，表示过去的过去啊
例1: However , as they begin to
digest the sugar（时间状语从句）, their blood sugar levels（主语）decrease
quickly（谓语）, leading to a bad feeling（结果状语）.
例2：As
with caffeine（状语）, this（主语）prevents（谓语）the
body（宾语）from relaxing（宾补...
1. I have no reason to think he won't return. He needs me as much as I
need him.2. There's no need to cry. We can sort this out together.这两个句子中不定式分别做什么成分呢？
...不会影响虚拟了的从句的时态，是这样吗？可是这句Much as I would have liked to, I couldn't lend him the money because I simply didn't have that much spare cash.和He talked as if he knew blabla岂不是相反了？尽管我很想借给他，但我没钱（过去时间）所以我...