..., of course, a purely social function. The Stricklands "owed" dinners to a number of persons, whom they took no interest in, and so had asked them; these persons had accepted. Why? To avoid the tedium of dining tete-a-tete, to give their servants a rest, because there was no reason to refuse, becaus...
...）减少，减小，降低to become or make
sth become smaller in size, number, etc"，又有这样的例句“there was a 25 percent
decrease in congestion overnight”所以：问题一：这里的decrease到底是名词还是动词呢？问题二：with+逻辑主语+名词，这样的结构是...
...个国家终于与其邻国开战了。The verb agrees with its subject in number and person. 动词在数和人称上与主语一致。The company has come under fierce attack for its decision to close the factory. 因为决定要关闭工厂，公司受到猛烈攻击。If a room is 3 metres wide ...
...we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this
service. The
conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way
that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell....
He may hunt, beg, or steal occasionally to keep himself alive; ...
...Nowadays a large part of women go
out to work. （6）√ Nowadays a large number of women go
out to work试比较：（7）A large part of the population is
unemployed.（8）A large number of workers are
unemployed.由此可知，不宜用A part of the apples are
bad来表示“一部分苹果是...
...mar in this short
essayIn some countries there has been an increase in the
number of parents who educate their children themselves at home instead of
sending them to school.Do you think the advantage of this outweigh the
disadvantages?It is a rising trend that numerous of parents teach
their kids in...
...self. It was
her first road trip to her new job. Merebeth’s pet delivery service also
satisfies her wanderlust. It has taken her to every state in the US except Montana,
Washington and Oregon, she says proudly. If she wants to
visit a new place, she will simply find a pet with transport needs ther...
...has also been admitted to a program that they can afford. In addition, the number of students that this would likely pertain to may not be financially feasible for the government.请问"if the student has also.."中的“if”什么意思？和"whether"是并列关系吗？
...mages of
the sea and warm summer days.Please pay for goods on
delivery.The number of people in the United States
without a home is down from one year ago.In spite of such temporary measures, soaring food prices in many other
countries are beginning to break down the social order.这几句中，image...
...dealers are packed up with most of the spare parts at their exclusive Fiat service outlets. 这句化中的施动者就不能看作是 spare parts了吧？ 可以理解为是 XX packed the dealers up with most of spare parts. （当然老师这里只是分析，应用中不会变...
...their video. Think about it: When was the last time you did that yourself? Customers need a reminder across multiple touch points before they make a buying decision. Retargeting companies like AdRoll or Criteo can help re-engage your viewers by targeting them with banner ads down the line. Your vide...
...和be动词省去。A zero can have its meaning only when used with real numbers;= A zero can have its meaning only when it is used with real numbersMetals expand when heated and contract when cooled.= Metals expand when they are heated and contract when they are
cooled.”2. 状语从句中没有be...
...arty on New Year’s Eve. 我们将举行除夕晚会。There were a large number of DUI arrests on New Year’s Eve. 除夕夜有许多酒后驾车被捕的人。There’s a tradition in our family that we have a party on New Year’s Eve. 我们家有个传统，全家要聚在一起过新年除...
... helped drag the general view of dinosaurs into the 21st century, a good number of people are decades behind the research.尽管《侏罗纪公园》和《恐龙星球》等以恐龙为主题的电影和纪录片足以把恐龙的全貌拖到21世纪，但是许多人的看法还滞留在几十年...