问题 英语句子翻译疑问（but for all but a few）

A study found that 85% of new fathers take some time off after the birth of a child—but for all but a few, it’s a week or two at most.疑问：这里的but for all but a few该如何理解是好？这是什么句型结构？以下是此句的上下文：The endless debate about “work-life bala...

问题 权威依据证明without A and B与without A or B哪个对

一般情况下，肯定句中用 and，否定句中用 or。比如：He has brothers and sisters.He don’t have brothers or sisters.但如果是 without 呢？我们是用 without A and B 还是用 without A or B？网上说两种说法都可以，但有权威的依据吗？谢谢老师们的辛...

问题 关于so…… a 的倒装

A world order will come not by a gentlemen’s agreement, but through so decisive a victory by one of the great powers that it will be able to dictate and enforce international law, as Rome did from Augustus to Aurelius.老师好，句子能看懂，这个倒装为什么能这么用呢，s...

话题 for nearly a decade和for nearly a decade now的用法比较

问题 a public 这样的说法可以吗

a public 这样的说法可以吗？能否在public前加a, 表达为 a public

问题 a certain patient 和 a patient 含义怎么理解差别

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When t...

问题 不定冠词后接物质名词是什么用法（如a metal）

Corrosion is an electro-chemical process by which a metal such as mild steel, returns to its natural state,state,such as iron oxide or rust. 句中a metal何意？书上解释说a metal是泛指一切金属或合金，我没有理解明白？metal是物质名词，通常不可数，a+物质名...

问题 not A and B 还是 not A or B

新概念一Lesson 53, P105倒数第9行有个句子：I don't like autumn and winter.这里的and是不是应该改成or呢，期待老师指导！

问题 英语翻译：一日为师，终身为父。

见过这样一些类似的翻译：Once a thief, always a thief. 一日为贼，终身是贼。Once a beggar, always a beggar. 一日为丐，终身为丐。Once a king, always a king. 一日为王，终身为王。但是，如何翻译“一日为师，终身为父”呢？在网上一查，有下...

问题 a little是代词吗

请问：but only a little怎么理解，是省略了什么吗？only是副词吗？a little是代词吗？--Can he speak Chinese?--Yes, but only a little.

问题 a launch space 是什么意思

下面一段摘自2020年高考天津卷的阅读理解(A)：Start a business using the help of your local library. If you want to have a business of your own, your local library can become a launch space for it. In library books and computers, you can find information on starting a business. Many l...

问题 不定冠词a或an 到底翻译不翻译

What is this？It is a book. 它是一本书还是他是书.I eat from a plate.   我吃饭用一个盘子还是我吃饭用盘子.I drink form a glass. 我喝水用一个杯子还是我喝水用杯子.He is a student.  他是学生还是他是一个学生.不定冠词a 到底翻译成一个一...

问题 对exchange (trade,buy) A for B中for的理解

Mary exchanged her jewels for cash. 玛丽把首饰换成现金。to exchange one's labour for money 以劳动换取报酬而 for 的原意“交换”(in exchange for)，用于买卖的场合，表示以钱易货。如：Then they bought him a wooden bowl for a few pennies. 然后他们用了...

问题 a+序数词怎么翻译

请问一下。Learning Chinese well is a must for people learning a second language中a second根据我的书，是说泛指的又一次，可是翻译成"又学一种语言"感觉没"学第二种语言"好。还有We'll have to do it a third time我们不得重做一次，...

问题 不定冠词和限定性定语从句的疑惑

...本书，只有一本书是我的，其他两本是其他人的。那么用A book is mine.这里a book，根据不定冠词表达:a表示数量one，即是:一本书是我的。但是不定冠词可以表示泛指，那么a book就会包括三本中的任意一本，那么其他两本是其他人的...