So Scar did away with both
of them, killing Mufasa and banishing Simba, and, as a result, he got to be king
for a descent amount of time.
这句里面 a descent amount of time 是什么意思呢？怎么理解 descent 在句子中的意思。
...ard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could recreate thesame threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil trust was broken up. 该句的翻译我看到2个版本：1)差不多一个世纪之前，当时由于美国人民...
It is thus important that the UN and the AU work closely together to advance the AU’s “Silencing the Guns in Africa” initiative and Secretary-General Guterres’s appeal for a global ceasefire, andto encourage warring parties to focus on the pandemic, beat swords into plowshares and stop figh...
...rying in the corner. 他发现她在角落里哭。
He found her wallet stolen on the bus. 他发现他钱包在公共汽车上被偷了。
但是，find通常不接不定式作宾补，除非这个不定式是 to be。如：
We found him to be dishonest. 我们认为他不诚实。
这是...
Bullying is when someone makes you feel bad or hurts you again and again.老师好！上面这句话出自一道阅读题，句子好像读不通。感觉表语从句用错引导词when，请问when有没有用错？我试着换了两种说法，麻烦老师批改：1.Bullying is the situation when ...
...ances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara ,H&M,
and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more
precisely. Quicker turnarounds mean
less wasted inventory, more frequent release, and more profit. These labels encourage
style-conscious consumers to ...
...t them word that they could not
possibly have the carriage before Tuesday; and in her postscript it was added
that, if Mr. Bingley and his sister pressed them to stay longer, she could
spare them very well. -- Against staying longer, however, Elizabeth was positively
resolved -- nor did she much exp...
... will win. 我坚信他会获胜。
They were worried over the fact that you were sick. 他们为你生病发愁。
There was little hope that they would survive. 他们幸存的希望很小。
老师说，同位语从句除用that引导外，有时也可用what, which, who, whose, when, where...
...但是一碰到时态上的改变，我就转不过弯来了。整句话：Your math instructor would have been happy to give you makeup examination had you gone and explained that your parents were ill at that time.虚拟语气里面的宾语从句为什么不是（should）be ill，难道是因为...
...
that are the truest friends, because each loves the other for what he is, and
not for any incidental quality. 请问老师for the friends' sake, for what he is, and not for
any incidental quality分别作什么状语？for的含义分别是什么？谢谢老师。
1.这是一个对话：A：What do you want?B：I want to know where youand I stand.A：I would've thought that was pretty clear by now.1)我理解最后这句话的意思是“我本来认为这件事到现在很清楚了”。但我们老师说would have done表示本来该做却没有做时，wo...
As an important factor to remember when kayaking is
that you are a guest in someone else’s home.我曾经认为as是介词，作为的意思，但是这样的介宾短语似乎不能作主语所以我不明白as是什么用法，如果只按照语法结构正确性来讲，我只能理解为副词...
...wing to
his mother. ）（同上）Their failure was due to a lack of care and attention. (NOT: was owing
to) 他们的失败是由于不够细心和专注造成的。（不能用：was owing to）（《麦克米伦高阶英汉双解词典》p.491） 二、其他用法在正式语体中，特别是...