We
had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in
the vicinity. These attracted many visitors, for they were not only of great architectural interest, but contained a large number of
beautifully preserved frescoes as well. On the day before our departure,
several bus ...
...at a past hope, expectation, intention, desire, etc, was not
realized.1 We had hoped that you would be able to
visit us.2 I had meant/intended to call on you, but
was prevented from doing so.3 She had thought of paying us a visit but
the bad weather made her change her plans.4 I hadn't expected that...
... and covid-19, the EU's output will be 20%, or €3trn, smaller than if it had kept up the growth it managed in 2000-07. 请教各位老师：1. 这句话的主干是什么呢？2. 如何理解had kept up the growth 这个过去完成时的使用呢？这个过去完成时是表示“与过去事...
Although warnings are often appropriate and necessary—the dangers of drug interaction, for example—andmany are required by state and government, it isn't clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured.这个句子结构和意思理不...
By the middle of the 20th century scientists believed they were well on the way to treating, preventing, or eradicating many of the deadly infectious diseases that had plagued humankind for centuries.为什么句中用了 that 没有用 those 呢，指代的不是复数吗？
The research for explanations in the many post-mortems of the crisis has meant blame has been spread far and wide. Governments, central banks and auditors have all been in the frame. The role of bank directors and management and their widely published failures have been extensively picked over and e...
Have
you done all these exercises ?No,
I haven't done very many.这里的many是代词，为什么可以用副词very修饰呢？又如：Do
you have money left ?回答：There
are only a very little left. 或 I have very little left.这里的very
little也是副词修饰代词吗？
原句是: After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many in St. Petersburg could no longer afford to care for their cats, and so the Hermitage decided to adopt some of the stray cats to add to the descendants of the original cats brought from the city of Kazan 100 years before that.
It is easy to underestimate English writer James Herriot. He had such a pleasant, readable style that are might think that anyone could imitate it. How many times have I heard people say, “I could write a book, I just haven’t the time” Easily said. Not so easily done. James Herriot, contrar...
请教曹老师， There he took what little
money he had, said good-bye to his mother and his stepfather and started out to
seek his fortune.为什么这里要加一个what, 而不直接写成he took little money he had？