以下摘自考研英语文章:Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.【参考译文】尽管外部董事离任与其公司随后的糟糕表现之间的关联...
These food-price increases, combined with soaring energy costs, will slow if not stop economic
growth in many parts of the world and will even undermine political stability. 食物以及能源价格的飙升如果不停止,将会减缓世界很多地区经济的发展,甚至还将破坏政
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The homeless sleep in doorways and stations—we step over their bodies like so much human flotsam. 无家可归的人睡在门口和车站——我们跨过他们的身体时就好像他们的存在毫无意义。句中的 like so much human flotsam 如何理解?尤其是其中的 so much,它...
In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal.上面这句出自2011年高考英语广东卷阅读理解A第一句,我有两个疑问:1. 其中的 aggression in 可以换成 aggression from 吗?2. 为什么其中的 animal 用单数不用复数?
A was placing low-quality pieces from its service, and other properties towards thetop of its search results, a journalist wrote in an article on Tuesday.这里最后的write是看做不及物动词还是write that把that后面的句子提前省略了that?
在新牛津词典中看到of的第七个释义是“indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object”
《新编高级英语语法》P.46页中有一个间接宾语后置的例举,
He asked me a question = He asked a question of me
这里有点不明白,感觉第二句...
...是否是省略形式,它的内部逻辑是?Your senses are the physical abilities of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste.abilities of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste.这个of定语表示同位的短语,中心语abilities 是复数,是否意味着他内部的逻辑修...
Mr.Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.这句话的翻译是“珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。”我想问一下,这句话为什么不是在欣赏展览(display)而是在欣赏橱窗(window),这个display是作形容词修饰 ...