The car may not be much to look at (=it does not look good) but
it's very reliable.这辆车也许看上去不怎么样，但性能非常可靠。
这句话能否改成：The car may be not
much to look at (=it does not look good) but it's very reliable.因为下面这句话：He's not much to lo...
...s were plucked to show us. First, one leaf
or sheath was picked off, then another, a third, a fourth, and so on, as if a fruit
seller were unpacking his papers; and
at last we came, in the inside, to the grains of corn, packed into cucumber shapes of
pale gold, and each of them pressed and flattened...
...ncreases in the intake of sugar,fat^ soft drinks,and unhealthy foods. But another important fact has been overlooked: dinnertime. Over the past twenty years,the time of my patients’ evening meals has become later and later. Dinner — already pushed back by longer work hours — is often further ...
同位语从句当中it is not surprising that...和it is not
surprising why...有什么区别？如下语境，这两个表达是不是都可以？He was stuck in traffic jams
this morning. It was not surprising that/ why he was late for class.
...后面的词或短语，或作否定的回答）不，没有 He warned me not to be late.他提醒我不要迟到。I was sorry not to have seen them.我很遗憾没有见到他们。Not everybody agrees.不是每一个人都同意。‘Who's next? ’ ‘Not me. ’“下一位是谁？”“不...
If not, not是一句省略句，如：
If it is cheap, I’ll buy it. If not, not. 如果这东西便宜，我就买；如果不便宜，我就不买。
If you study hard, you’ll succeed. If not, not. 你若努力，你就会成功；你若不努力，你就不会成功。
If you start at onc...
...ndigenous life, then terraforming should be a nonissue; it simply should not be done.试译：如果火星是任何本土生命的家园，那么火星环境的的地球化改造应该不是问题。这一改造活动完全不应该加以实施。问题求助：第二句话terraforming should be a...
But
if one could be certain of nothing in dealing with creatures so incalculable as
human beings, there were explanations of Blanche Stroeve's behaviour which were
at all events plausible. On the other hand, I did not understand Strickland at
all. I racked my brain, but could in no way account for a...
I
do not know why at the moment I could think of no excuse. I followed them
rather sulkily to the table at which Strickland always sat, and he called for
the board and the chessmen. They both took the situation so much as a matter of
course that I felt it absurd to do otherwise. Mrs. Stroeve watched...
... till the following Tuesday, which would exactly finish
Jane's week, could not bring herself to receive hem with pleasure before. Her
answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes, for
she was impatient to get home. Mrs. Bennet sent them word that they could not
possibly ...
...unctioning declines sooner and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely. And the sad fact is that at any given time, more than one in five Americans will report that they're lonely. And we know that you can be lonely in a crowd and you can be lonely in a marriage, so the second big les...
believe it or not 是固定搭配，意思是“信不信由你”，请问它可以用于非谓语形式吗？比如下面的句子，可用不定式或现在分词吗？Believe it or not, they got married soon. 信不信由你，他们不久就结婚了。Believe it or not, he’s given me a loan....
How hard could it be to not install wires?1.这样的句式挺不能理解的,如果换成陈述语气,该怎么写?It could not be to install wires.It could be to not install wires. It could be not to install wires.2.例句里的结构 和 下面这样写有什么区别?How hard could it not i...
If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality , it must bewidely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them.请问：the educated not least among them 在整段话中做什么成分？
...c, writes, “is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication…It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption.”It is not simply that我知道是强调句式，强调not simply，但是后面的it is that是什么意思，如果它是强调句式...