There were still forests closely surrounding Bangkok into the last half of the nineteenth century, and even at century's end there were wild elephants and tigers roaming the countryside only twenty or thirty miles away.请教一下各位老师，如何判断这句话中的“only twenty or thirty mi...
...through
doing something 都可以，含义相同。例如：
He learned to cook through [=by]
watching his mother in the kitchen . 他通过在厨房里观察母亲做饭来学习烹饪。（摘自中国大百科全书出版社2017年1月第1版《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》p.2192）
We sold...
The room was silent. His heart pounded the way it had on their first
night together, the way it still did when he woke at a noise in the darkness and
waited to hear again—the sound of someone moving through the house, a stranger.请教句中 at 的用法。
...以下分别为牛津词典和柯林斯词典给出的解释: Oxford: to pretend that sth is true; to imagine what would happen if sth were true.Collins: You can use suppose or supposing before mentioning a possible situation or action. You usually then go on to consider the effects t...
The program is open to any U.S. citizen 18 years or older who currently lives in the country and winning applicants must agree to move within one month of being selected.请问为什么加粗部分用了18 years or older而不是18 years old or older？谢谢！例句出处：https://www.travelandle...
Occasion carries the basic denotation characteristic of its leading senses—a definite moment or juncture，but it applies only to a moment that provides an opportunity or that calls foror prompts action of a definite kind or nature.
Either party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement earlier than
as herein provided by serving not less than ONE months' written notice or by
paying ONE months ' Rent in lieu to other party provided that the said written
notice shall not be served before the expiration of the 【12】 month o...
...面有位同学问：表示乘火车去某地用什么介词？是用介词to还是for？比如“我决定乘火车去伦敦”，英语是说I decided to take a train to London.还是I decided to take a train for London.请各位老师指点，谢谢！我的感觉是，用介词for也完全可以...
...-2021年高考语法填空真题汇编2021全国高考（新一卷）Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”. 56_____________ is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see on...
... this attitude are, in fact, far-reaching. Young people apply for jobs, orto take courses in tertiary
education, and demonstrate in their letters of application that they cannot
speak English properly. 选自Simon Heffer 的《Strictly English》page 20 疑问1：to take courses
in tertiary educati...
"If you had told us of your own free will it would have been a different thing," said the baronet, "you only told us, or rather your wife only told us, when it was forced from you and you could not help yourself.""I didn't think you would have taken advantage of it, Sir ...
... about puberty.其中ages 9 through 12是什么用法？我只见过aged 9 to12。
These criteria are demanding in and of themselves.其中demand in 是什么搭配，在词典里没有查到…
The gender differences in the prevalence of eating disordering are among the largest reported for m...
I was asked to do it at very short notice. 我被要求一接到通知就马上去做。 I can’t give a speech at such short notice. 一接到通知就马上要我演讲，我做不到。 这两个句子，一个用的是 at such short notice，一个用的是 a...
hough Martin claims the lack of evidence actually supports his model—the evidence is sparse because the spread of humans and the extinction of animals occurred so quickly—this argument seems weak. And how could we ever disprove it?As archaeologist Donald Grayson points out, in other cases where ...