I judged that there was going to be a crash by and by, but I was in now and must swim across or drown. You see there was just that element of impending disaster to give a serious side, a sober side, yes, a tragic side, to a state of things which would otherwise have been purely ridiculous....
lay v.
1. 放，搁，摆：
Lay your coat onthe bed. 把你的外衣放在床上。
Where shall I lay the box? 我把这盒子放在哪儿呢?
请问：这里 lay = put 吗？
2. 使处于某种状态：
The rice crop was laid flat by the storm. 稻子被暴风雨刮倒了。这一...
...吗？（二句选自张满胜语法书）1.Until such time as mankind has the sense to lower its population to
the point where the planet can provide a comfortable support for all, people
will have to accept more “unnatural food”.2.Transplant operations in this country have long relied on organ...
For the moment,Frank got a funny look on his face,and the tears began to well up in his eyes."It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back."句中的when引导时间状语从句，和前面的it是什么关系？
The room was silent. His heart pounded the way it had ontheir first
night together, the way it still did when he woke at a noise in the darkness and
waited to hear again—the sound of someone moving through the house, a stranger.请教句中 at 的用法。
He saw the look of beneficent happiness onthe Old Gentleman's face - a happier look than even the fuchsias and the ornithoptera amphrisius had ever brought to it - and he had not the heart to see it wane.他看了老绅士一眼，只见老绅士满脸笑容，对自己的乐善好施感到幸...
...的状态”，《剑桥高阶》对动词 sleep 的解释是 to
be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and
your mind is unconscious，所以 sleep
late 的实际意思是“睡眠的状态持续到很晚的时候”，也就是说它表示的不是“睡得...
The house he built was a spacious one. There was a courtyard in front of the place and two gardens in back, one to provide vegetables, one to delight the eye in the formal Japanese fashion. One of the two living-rooms was American, with easy chairs instead of tatami, and so were the kitchen and bath...
...料-疑难解答人教版必修1-第4单元（每日更新） ▲P47▲in the photo与onthe photo▲P48▲listen to与listen for▲P49▲used to
的用法疑问▲P50▲引导定语从句的关系副词when可以省略吗everywhere用于句首（且两个简单句之间没有连词）be
helped与g...
...二种情况，两个定语从句在同一层次上，有一些例句：1,The house he bought in 1986, and which he sold two years later, is
again onthe market.请问是否可以改成The house (which) he bought in 1986 and sold two
years later is again onthe market.这种情况括号内的which...
But despite breakneck growth in the sector, industry insiders have warned that many of the new news kids onthe block might struggle to stay afloat. 这句话中的 despite 是个介词，但是翻译成汉语感觉是个连词，类似这样的词还有哪些？
This is the life out on a boat with just the sea and the sky.There was earthquake happened killing 100 people and with more than 300 injured.请问一下老师,这两个句子中的with部分,是什么成分?
The clothes people choose to wear, however, do provide information about their background.The most obvious way in which is for the amount of money spent onthem. Expensive clothes look expensive and show their wearer had money. 该段话的第二句in which后面的is应该是谓语动词吧？那...
Students should be made aware of the demands placed on purchasing and
supply chain managers by business stakeholders, both internally and externally to the firm.句中both internally and externally to the firm做什么成分？