...Postmodifying to-infinitive
clauses can have either a modal or a nonmodal sense, but the modal
interpretation seems to be normal, as indicated by most ofthe examples given
so far. If the antecedent corresponds tothe object ofthe infinitive, the
modal interpretation isthe only possible one: The...
...lped that in the end I was accepted into one ofthe other programmes I wasalso excited about.Rather than setting plans in stone, I’ve
learned that sometimes I need to take the opportunities that are offered, even
if they don’t sound perfect at the time, and make the most ofthem.24. How did the...
... Pooh is about 100 years old. It is my favorite, and I'm sure it's also yours. Do you know how it came to our life?Winnipeg is a place in Canada. Many years ago, Harry, a soldier, went to Europe from here. When he stopped at train station, he saw a man selling a little black bear. Harry boug...
... one, buying extra ___56___ (benefit) from price reductions
doesn’t make sense. Either your shopping isthen too heavy to carry home
___57___ you can’t use what you’ve bought while it’s still fresh.Of course, shops are not
charities — they price goods in the way ___58___ will make them the...
...者我对于下面这句话的理解是否正确?【原题】His strong senseof humor was ______ make everyone
in the room burst out laughing.A. so asto B. such asto C.so
that D.such that【答案】B,such asto 为表示结果的固定搭配,so asto表示目的,so that...
When the writer talks about
dissecting the Great Bear (aka Ursa Major) and driving Charles's Wain, which comprises the Big Dipper, he is
referring tothe field ofastronomy. 请问老师:which comprises the Big
Dipper 的先行词是Charles's Wain吗?comprises表示什么意思?
...n's post-war pacifism was once comforting to its neighbours and to Germans themselves. Yet, with the passing ofthe generations, attitudes have shifted. Sensible Europeans long ago stopped seeing Germany as a threat. On the contrary, the passivity of its foreign policy has in recent years posed more...
...le
teeming multiplicity ofthe world’s cultures, developed (in the older senseofthe word) through the labour and imagination of all of human history, is now to
be placed under a single standard of value, and all which do not fit that
standard are to be discarded with the most damning judgement t...
Fortunately, the production oftobacco in the world dropped from 14.364 billion pounds in 1994 to 14.2 billion pounds in 1995, as seen in the first picture, which suggests the downward tendency oftobacco consumption in the next years.值得庆幸的是,就第一幅图来看,世界烟草产量...
...ng...time, 是定语还是状语呢?The explanation for insensitivity tosmell seems to be that brain finds
it inefficient to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can create
new receptors if necessary.句中 to keep all... 是从句that的宾语,老师我的问题是 working
all the...
... being only this
important difference, that with the horse the rider sinks also, astheir
existence cannot be separated without death.参考译文:菲利普·西德尼先生在法兰克福学习期间,著名的印刷商朗凯建议他不要忽视健康:“这样你就不会像一个旅行家...
...’s acid reflux isthe fact that Mr Johnson is at last attempting to
make senseof levelling up. He has appointed a new adviser on the subject and
given him the job of producing a “landmark” white paper later this year. Mr
Levelling Up will head a small team in the Cabinet Office and work close...
Asthese countries tap into China's red tourism market, China isalso hoping to attract more international tourists to its red sites so astoo better tell China's story tothe world.请问:(1) 这里的 as 是引导时间状语从句吗?(2) so astoo better 是什么...
...aged 100 years after the publication of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, referredto periods from the intervening century through surreal juxtapositions and magical fantasies. 请教老师:referredto periods from the intervening century的理解,读到这一句,怎么也想不明白。...