词典有这样一个句子:In his preoccupation with Lily, Crook had neglected everything看到这个句子,我突然想起:missing Lily ,Crook had neglected everything我有个猜想:如果介词in+含有动词变形或者意思的名词组构成一个结构。比如:In explanation of ...
我们的老师曾说,英语不可以说 on the way
to do,而是要说 on the way to doing。但是在徐广联的《当代高级英语语法(精装版)》中看到以下例句:他快要成为工程师了。He is on the
way to become an engineer. (不普通)He is on the
way to becoming an engi...
...four-foot deep holea six-foot-tall mana six-foot tall man这些都是当代英语的习惯,大家也熟知。因此以前那些表示方法,如:five-months-old, five-feet-long,two-thousand-feet-high等都是不规范的用法。我在徐广联的书中还看到有这些用法,需要更新...
Fitness Magazine recently ran an article titled “Five Reasons to Thank Your Workout Partner.” One reason was: “You’ll actually show up if you know someone is waiting for you at the gym,” while another read: “You’ll work harder if you train with someone else.” With a workout partner, ...
With Almie Rose and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nestled snug in their beds, we could now think only of the bicycle, the guilt and the idea that we were parents who would disappoint their child.在这句话中 nestled snug in their beds, 其中 snug 是个形容词在这是作什么?