问题 by the narrowest margins与by the narrowest of margins

He lost the race by the narrowest of margins . 他以极小的差距在赛跑中落败。词典例句。不明白为什么要多加一个of? narrowest是形容词的最高级，为什么不直接修饰margin？为什么形容词最高级后面要多加一个介词of? 改成He lost the race by the na...

问题 为什么微生物不用冠词（microorganism）而放线菌用冠词（the actinomycetes

microorganism especially the actinomycetes, produce a variety of antibiotics.As a result, they have been studied very extensively, especially by industrial research laboratories. (A Course in Basic Scientific English, P107)微生物，特别是放线菌，产生多种抗生素。 因而受到广泛...

问题 put a face to含义

... comes from someone you have not met, and you find yourself imagining what the person looks like, putting a face to the hidden voice. 译文：一个你从没见过面的人给你寄来一封信或打来一个电话，而你不知不觉地想象着这个人是个什么样儿，猜测出这个隐秘...

问题 of what use of the rule这句话出现了什么语言现象(怎么翻译)

各位老师好，我在看电影时遇到这样一个句子“If the rule you followed brought you to this，of what use of the rule?"这句话前半句好懂，可是后半句就看不太明白了，还请老湿为我解惑，谢谢。

问题 请问The house is large with a garden in it.是正确的吗？wit

问题 arrive in 和 arrive at 的具体用法

arrive in + 大地点;arrive at+ 小地点  中的“大地点”和“小地点”具体怎么划分？ arrive in the town 正确还是 arrive at the town？

问题 the benefit of sth

the benefit of sth 1.children who have the benefit of a stable home background 享有稳定的家庭环境的孩子 2.It was good to see her finally reaping the benefits (= enjoying the results) of all her hard work. 看到她终于收获辛勤劳动的成果令人欣慰 1.第一句的benefit与a...

问题 朗文词典上be/lie at the root of sth理解中at为什么没有

朗文词典说 be/lie at the root of sth (=be the cause of something)是某事物的根本原因,例句：1)Allergies are at the root of a lot of health problems. 过敏是许多健康问题的根源。2)The love of money is the root of all evil . 贪财是万恶之源。为什么句1）are at the ...

问题 as it did 的用法（新概念三第四课）

as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.as it did 是种常见用法吗？ 一般怎么用？

问题 怎么理解 as they are 的意思

Historical impulse. Desire to see things, as they are, to find out true facts and store them up for the use of posterity.as they are是习惯用语吗？该怎么理解呢？是否由as it is变过来，表示“事实上，实际”吗？字典里标注in the present condition。两者都是对as i...

问题 most of 前加the吗

Sarah has already listened to most of his songs. 为什么most of前不加the?

问题 连词算主句的一部分吗

Moreover, foreign festivals, which conform to traditional Chinese virtues, should be used to remind young people of the traditional values in modern life.连词moreover算主句的一部分吗？

问题 suspecting与suspicious的选择

But unlike films such as Mission Impossible and Kingsman (《王牌特工》), in which agents are all masters of high-tech tools, Johnny English is an old-fashioned hero, suspecting/suspicious of modern technology and not even willing to use a smartphone. That puts him in various dangerous situatio...

问题 had been rained on and slept in什么意思

He looked like all the tramps who came to our house from hobo camp by the river during the Great Depression. His shaggy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his threadbare shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept in.问题：请问had been rained on and slept in什么意思？been rained on...

问题 修饰问题

For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to saving of more than ＄100 per ton.这里per ton是修饰saving这个名词吗，我看到saving后面是of more than ＄100 ，这应该是后置定语而不是宾语，所以这里savin...