In 1879 there was a new deal to publish in within a decade, but after five years they only got so far as the word “ant”. 这里的 so far as 是什么意思呢?so far as 还有什么其他的意思呢?
...esteem by a great many English language learners
throughout China. Back in the 1940s, he compiled the first volume ofA
Dictionary of English Usage in China. After the dictionary was published, he
gave a copy to his bosom friend Mr Gui Shaoyu for comments. Atthe time, Mr Gui
was already one of Chin...
NASA has got good
news for us. The world is a greener place today than it was 20 years ago. How
does this happen? Well, it appears Chinaand Indiaare leading the change. NASA
researchers compared the satellite data from the mid-1990s to today. They found
that global green leafy area had increased b...
...
few和so few相当于few,表示否定。例如:Only
few(或So few) ofthem care to
sing a song. 接着又说:only
a few, but a few相当于few,表示否定。例如:Only
a few people were present atthe meeting.读了上述文字后,我感到有点困惑:1. 怎么从来没见过only
f...
A sufficiently massive asteroid impact atthe end ofthe Triassic period may have blocked sunlight long enough for most plants to die and many animal species to then starve.三叠纪末期,一颗足够大的小行星撞击地球,可能会长时间阻挡阳光,导致大多数植物死亡,许...
... for.= Tomorrow I will bring here a magazine for which you asked.2.This is the hotel where ( =in which / at which) they were staying.3.An ltalian about whom little is known,sailed into New York....老师,介词后的which或从句,如何区别它们是固定搭配或介词前置到连接词的...
请判断以下二组句子的正误:A. Thearticle needs having a careful look at.B. Thearticle is worth having a careful look at. A. Thearticle needs checking by the editor.B. Thearticle is worth reading by the editor.
Stephen Francis
observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly-Ann ata track meet and was
convinced that he had seen the beginnings of true greatness. 这个句子中的 then 为什么放到动词后面,可以放到句首吗?
...ing in December, and John went swimming in it too.错误:I ate dinner on the fourth floor, and John ate dinner on it too.2)然而如果是不够具体的时间或地点,就可以用it代替:正确:Everyone who likes a winter month goes swimming in it.正确:Everyone who likes a particular ...
...ay Home to Study AbroadRecent years, many students choose to go abroad for their further study. Normally, there are two ways for them to afford their life over the seas: scholarships or family contribution. Given that only qualified students, whose number takes up less than a half ofthe total amoun...
...es it seem that putting yourself on display is what it is all about, which there is nothing more to love and friendship than being mutually visible.
问:这题把which改成that,与前面的that从句并列做表语从句,但是为什么两个that从句中间没有连词and呢?老师可...
We live in an ageof rapid technological advance/advancement.advance本身可做名词,表示“发展”的意思,advancement在advance后加后缀,构成名词,也有“发展”的意思,那么,advance和advancement两者在表达上有什么区别?
...trategy was to live at higher elevations where rainfall was higher, as did the Mogollon, the people at Mesa Verde, and the people ofthe early agricultural phase at Chaco Canyon known as the Pueblo I phase.as did the Mogollon 在这句话做什么成分?这句话是定语从句吗?还是方式...
It is a wild night indoors, and what must it be in a stone hut upon the moor. What passion of hatred can it be which leads a man to lurk in such a place at such a time! And what deep and earnest purpose can he have which calls for such a trial! There, in that hut upon the moor, seems to lie the very...