名词解释：portfoliothe entire collection of investments in theform of stocks, bonds, or certificate of deposits for purposes other than controlling疑问：请问collection在文中什么意思？
As Chinese consumers increasingly seek a better life, the demand for high-quality housing with better locations and services will increase, Evergrande said.句子中的with better locations and services是表示事物即high-quality housing的所属部分或具有的性质吗？
...s going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children.这个句子“it is going riskily close to the implication that...”中，close是什么词性？如果是动词的话，是否这个句子是错的，按理说应该是be going to+V，但是这里没有to...
The most obvious reason for optimism is the plunge in energy costs. Not only has the price of oil halved in the past six months, but natural gas is the cheapest it has been in a decade, bar a few panicked months after Lehman Brothers collapsed, when the world economy appeared to be imploding....
...lternatives, both countries will need to find a new and enduring framework for
managing the relationship," the Brookings Institution said in a policy
analysis titled "Rising to the challenge: Navigating competition, avoiding
crisis, and advancing US interests in relations with China", which was
rele...
【问题讨论】（句子分析与翻译）（5）In order forthe structure to achieve the size and strength necessary to meet its purpose, architecture employs methods of support that, because they are based on physical laws, have changed little since people first discovered them—even while bu...
...ving done。It is true there having been several gift shops on this street for years.这个句子中动名词复合结构作真正主语。但显然不如that从句自然。尽管如此，理论上这种结构是可能的。有些像语法游戏。我的疑问1：（1）动名词的doing形式在非...
...ed has had no small share in the growth of Strickland’s reputation; forthere are many who have been attracted to his art by the detestation in which they held his character or the compassion with which they regarded his death; and the son’s well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill ...
And that river is still used now for recreation.But anyway…let's analyze the problem. It wasn't the mining itself that caused such massive destruction.MALE PROFESSOR: It was what happened after the copper ore was extracted from the mines.It was a process called heap roasting.MALE PROF...
...fer this decompression (减压) sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs. That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells i...
...f the bell, and, going into the corridor, opened the door. Stroeve stood before me."Can I come in?" he asked.In the dimness of the landing I could not see him very well, but there was something in his voice that surprised me. I knew he was of abstemious habit or I should have thought he had been dri...
...s开头的祈使句如何翻译？比如：Always dry clothes thoroughly before you wear them again.Always read the label before taking any medicine. Always enter or leave a helicopter from a forward direction.Always read the small print before signing anything.Always try a sleeping bag for size bef...