... money. = It would have been possible for us to borrow the money.
(usually with the implication '. . . but we didn't') （理论上的可能，但实际上并没有借这笔钱）Huddleston（2002）则直接对it’s possible
for…to…与it’s possible
that…这两种结构在意思上的区别...
Well,
she sang. Her voice was feeble and wavering, like a fountain just ready to
fail; but then how sweet toned it was, and it became deeper and stronger; but
it could not grow sweeter. What “joy of grief”it was to sit there around the
fire, all of us, excepting Jane, and her we thought we saw w...
...Please tell me which
you like. 告诉我你喜欢哪一个。He asked who lived
next door. 他问谁住在隔壁。She asked why he was
silent. 她问他为什么一言不发。2.
if与whetherif通常不用于引导主语从句或表语从句，但可以用于引导宾语从句，与whether用法...
The ranks of the unemployed are filled with people of all ages and all levels of education who believed that, if you work hard, you will be successful. They never could have envisioned the day when their skills would become obsolete or their jobs would be sent to another country where the overh...
There is but one danger which can threaten us. It is that he should strike before we are ready to do so.Another day - two at the most - and I have my case complete, but until then guard your charge as closely as ever a fond mother watched her ailing child. 1) It is that he should...这是强调...
...dressed inseat oneself in / on（坐在）= be seated in / on face oneself with（面对）= be faced with 这些结构都是被动表主动：addict oneself to（沉迷于）= be addicted to accustom oneself to（习惯于）= be accustomed todevote oneself to（献身于）= be devoted to hi...
Tom is excited about his thirteenth birthday. "It's my birthday tomorrow. Can I have a birthday party?" He asks his mother. “You don't need to have a party this year, Tom. You had one last year, and don't call your friends to come to our home. I think they must be busy,” sa...
...点词汇：donation /focus /attain/dependable/pursuit/individual )Along with donation continually flowing in / As donation continually comes in, the finical condition of our school will be much better next year. Hence, we can focus on dealing with the most important tasks which we, as educators, mu...
... but two motives for their choosing to walk up
and down the room together, with either of which motives his joining them would
interfere.两位小姐立刻请他来溜达，可是他谢绝了，说是她们俩所以要在屋子里踱来踱去，据他的想象，无非有两个动机，如果他参...
...e old thing: teachers,
outdated textbooks, and a class fed up to the teeth with the teacher and the
school. What we need is one great change in the educational system of the
country.此句中的one great change，为什们不用a great change?The young woman glanced up at his face
frankly, took the...
向尊敬的曹老师请教！1. Westerners with disposable incomes have always behaved as if they have a right to go wherever they choose with little regard for the consequences.问题：wherever是一个融合型关系副词，引导的是go的地点状语；在这里我感觉不应该用wherever...
...e being ___". For example, if one of your children is not cooperating with you, you can say:Why are you being so difficult?Or say this about your friend who's getting on your nerves today:She's being annoying.There are some adjectives that you don't use with "being". For e...
...者用法：1. Only the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of India, an outfit with much less stringent entry criteria, can claim deeper ranks.（尤其是最后的claim deeper ranks 是什么用法？）2. Sheer numbers lend it a helpful lustre of legitimacy.(sheer应该如何理解？）3. …perhaps b...
... Roberts emphasizes the Carter Center is not officially observing the 2020 US election.We're not going to be making an overall statement on the degree to which, this the entire electoral process met international standards as we mightin other countries, where we are able to deploy a sort of large-sc...
... favorite picture at the party is of my coach and me enjoying the biscuits with happy laughter.这个句子中 be of 是什么用法？表示“关于，大概”的意思吗？ 一般要表达这个意思的话直接去掉 of 写不就好了？my favorite picture at the party is my coach and me enj...