问题 than对比前后的对象

There are always more different ways to generate a fragment of a system's function (say, chess-playing -- or simple harmonic motion) than there are to generate the system's total function (say, everything else a human mind can do -- or all of Newtonian or Quantum Mechanics), if for no other ...

问题 by不用于被动语态但表示“被”的用法

... by a whale. 他被一条鲸鱼吞噬了。A lot of houses were damaged by the flood. 洪水毁坏了许多房屋。Three-quarters of the world’s surface is covered by water. 地球表面四分之三被水覆盖。Our company is managed by the son of the founder. 我们公司由创办人之子经...

问题 It's because they were 中的it 具体是指的什么呢

The task was challenging, but laborers were proud of their work.On a wall in Khufu's Great Pyramid, for example, a group of workers wrote"Friends of Khufu.". "It's because they were not just building the tomb of their King."Says Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass.  "They were building Egypt.It was a...

问题 the+可数名词复数+后置定语

...的时候，隐隐约约得出这样一个结论，不知道正不正确 the+可数名词复数+后置定语 情况只有一个，此时体现了the的全部性，此时the≈all 例句①The people living upstairs are students (住在我楼上地所有人...，特指表全部) 例句②They are ...

问题 现在进行时表示现在的状态

...是同样受高等教育的男性。译文：Now they are getting married at a faster rate than their lesser-educated peers, and often to highly educated men. 问：这句译文为什么不用成 Now they get married at a faster rate than their lesser-educated peers, and often to highly educated men...

问题 强调句还是定语从句

...lthy people know not focus on anger. At the end of the day, they walk away. They choose to end it. And it's an easier choice that they should next time.老师，问题在最后一句：1. should后面...

问题 不定式所做的成分

Research is under way to see whether sweat can be analysed for molecular biomarkers. 请问这里的to see whether sweat can be analysed for molecular biomarkers.是目的状语吗？可是目的状语不是修饰动词？这里难道修饰is？

问题 Close, but no cigar 是什么意思

—How did you do in the contest?—Close, but no cigar. I got second place.这里的 Close, but no cigar 是什么意思啊？查词典，它是习语，意思是“差不多，但不完全对”。如：—Was I right? 我说的对吗？—Close，but no cigar.  差不多，但不完全对。...

问题 you look at me 这句话中的at me是做目的状语吗

问题 几个时态问题(请曹老师回答)

...曹老师，几个时态问题，请您回答下了：1. She will have had the results by now. 这里用将来完成时的原因是什么呢？将来完成时的时间肯定是指向未来吧。2. By now all logic had gone out of the window。这里用过去完成时的原因是什么呢？now似乎...

问题 《剑桥英语语法》（CGEL）上一个观点的例句的理解(涉及感叹句作主语)

...的第1406页：Exclamative content clauses are generally unacceptable in the basic version: [7] a. #What a fuss some people make is incredible.b. It is incredible what a fuss some people make. This constraint, however, is not absolute— compare What a blunder it was didn’t emerge till later...

问题 a table to the left / a table on the left 比较分析

There was a table to the left of the doorway.这里的介词to是什么含义？如果用on的话，是否合理？

问题 regarded as out of疑问

In the United States，a person would be regarded as out of his mind if he dared to challenge the authority of the dictionary.怎么理解这里的as out of结构？

问题 非谓语动词成份分析

...“Those fortunate to achieve great  wealth should put it to work for the good of humanity,"Allen wrote several years ago.这里的fortunate是什么词性？to do的成分？2.Such realities do little restore the luster of the American "brand" or the appeal of US democracy as a ...

问题 growing aware of 的语法现象

Take the following example: a spiritually shallow person growing aware of his own futility in the course of engaging in the endless reflections imposed by science.句中growing aware of ... 做后置定语修饰person。但是growing我查了词典只有形容词词性，而aware是形容词，感...