... conscience on that head, he proceeded to inform
them, with many rapturous expressions, of his happiness in having obtained the
affection of their amiable neighbour, Miss Lucas, and then explained that it
was merely with the view of enjoying her society that he had been so ready to
close with their ...
...t we had found a letter
written to Santa by Mary at this telephone number, expressing the desire to
help her kids. She was in shock and told me that Mary had had an operation two
weeks before.The mother started crying as we continued talking. In
the end, she said she would ask Mary to call me back a...
...at the hunting scenes
depicted on walls were not simply a form of artistic expression. They had a
definite meaning, for they were as near
as early man could get to writing. It is possible that there is a definite
relation between these paintings and the markings that sometimes accompany
them. It see...
... that starts at home is to【7】______paper, bottles and cans. With fewer waste, we help【8】______the burden on landfill sites and incinerators(垃圾焚化炉)which not only use a lot of energy but are also very【W9】______to the environment. Home【10】______can also help to conserve energy...
...ame
to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express
different grades of gratitude (感谢). 【翻译】在某些情况下，仅仅说谢谢似乎还不够。几周前，我在做护理工作时就在考虑这个问题。然后我突然意识到，如果我们有一系...
...ndered
by the third person singular past subjunctive form of (ge)secgan is expressed
in modern English with the modal construction should + infinitive. 公元六、七世纪，USA还不知在何处。所以和美式英文是无关的。另外，推荐看看《牛津》对subjunctive mood的解释...
...announce, come out in, confirm, demonstrate, express, pledge, reaffirm, show .宣布支持；证实支持；表达支持；承诺支持；重申支持；表示支持:one of the first scientists to come out in&n...
...im that if he's not here in one hour, he no longer has a job."The expression on her face changed. "I will see what I can do, Mr. Williams." She started toward the door.......The office lights blazed on again, and Hajib Kafir stood in the doorway. Kafir was the Turkish sales manage...
...of resources and the saturation of the
planet’s limited repositories for waste.
Among the signatories
of the warning was William Rees, a population ecologist at the University of
British Columbia best known as the originator of the “ecological footprint”
concept, which measures the total amou...
...d before the larger in which it is placed). But if the sentence adjunct is expressed with an adverb indicating that it is relatively 'given' (cf l8.8ff), the order may be reversed:Many people eat here/there in restaurants.Just as on grammatical grounds, it can only be the sentence adjunct th...
...要用于指示某人做某事。(d) EXCLAMATIONS are primarily used for expressing the extent to whichthe speaker is impressed by something 感叹句主要用于表达说话人对某事的印象达到的程度。由此可知，陈述句和感叹句的语法结构不...
...解词典》
(p.299) 指出：情态动词可以表示可能性（used
to express possibility）... Smoking can
cause cancer. 吸烟可能会导致癌症。
赵振才教授在《英语常见问题解答大词典》增订版第五版中提供了以下肯定句，其中的
can 都表示可能性：
...
...girl, whom he was violently in love with only a few days
before.""But
that expression of "violently in love" is so hackneyed, so doubtful,
so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea. It is as often applied to
feelings which arise from an half-hour's acquaintance, as to a real, strong
attachmen...
...he said.Strickland's eyes rested on him, and there was in them a malicious expression. I felt sure he was seeking for some gibe, could think of none, and so was forced to silence."I've brought an old friend to see you," repeated Stroeve, beaming cheerfully.Strickland looked at me thoughtfully for ne...
...until she was _______
(park) close to the pavement. 4. Many _______ (date) expressions are being dropped from
the new dictionary. 5. She gathered the _______ (fall) apples and carried them
in her lap. 6. It’s arguable that _______ (retire) football players
become good managers. 7. We have reason t...