...In
1916, two girls of wealthy families, best friends from Auburn, N. Y.—Dorothy
Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood—traveled to a settlement in the Rocky Mountains
to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. The girls had gone to SmithCollege.
They wore expensive clothes. So for them
to move to Elkhead, Col...
“ 6. somewhat formal —
used to talk about the result or effect of something that may happen or be true…I will feel very guilty should anything go
wrong. [=if anything goes wrong]—usually used with ifI will feel very guilty if anything should
[=were to] go wrong. … ” --- ( Merriam-Webst...
...ong until it died away in the distance. Then the baronet gently opened his door and we set out in pursuit. Already our man had gone round the gallery and the corridor was all in darkness. Softly we stole along untii we had come into the other wing. We were just in time to catch a glimpse o...
... thing, exciting yet frightening, was to talk to her, say what he hoped to do.此句选自伯美国小说家纳德·马拉默德(Bernard Malamud,1914-1986) 的《店员》(The Assistant,1957年)。请问句中 say what he hoped to do,是做名词主语 thing 的同位语吗?如果是,say 充...
force sb to do sth这个句型种, 不定式做的是宾补, 如果换成 force sb into a situation, into a situation也是补语成分把?reduce sb to sth/to doing sth 使某人陷入.....的境地, 这里的 to sth 与 to doing sth 同样也使补语把?
1)It's a pity that he should refuse to accept the offer.2)It's a pity that he should have refused to accept the offer.请教老师:
以上2句含义的区别究竟是什么?1)表示“还没有”拒绝,2)表示“已经拒绝”了,是吗?可否说成...
老师好。我有两个问题想请教。 His proposal is doomed to fail.
是否可以改写成 It's doomed for his proposal to fail.
for his proposal to fail is doomed. to have done 表示不定式动作发生于谓语之前,可是像I'm sorry to hear that 这样...