话题 how it came to be

话题 be a study in sth

问题 lie（位于） lay 是否可做及物动词，不及物动词，系动词

He lay down on the bed和he laid down on the bed是否是等价的，他们是系动词还是不及物动词。1 Shanghai lies in the East of china. 2 He lay on the sofa. 3 The cat was lying fast  asleep by the fire.这里是系动词还是不及物动词?

问题 It won't be until...before...这个句式正确吗

And at current rates it won't be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.  翻译：照目前的成长率来看，要到2086年，所有住在偏远地区的非洲女孩才能得到中等教育。疑问：关于until有一个强调句：It is not until ... t...

问题 can't be doing sth表示什么时候在做某事

我对下面句子中的 can't be telling 的用法不太理解：If he said that, he can’t be telling the truth.我的疑问是：为什么不用 can't have been telling 呢？前面的 said 不是表明这是在谈论过去情况吗？

问题 upon being什么意思

It is reported that Miranda Payne, upon being acquainted with events, paused only to make sure that her husband's insurance policy was safe, and to make a few pithy remarks concerning her foolishness in not having had him take out double the amount, before breaking out into as prolonged and hear...

问题 翻译：He did his work as well as could be expected.

翻译：He did his work as well as could be expected.as well as could be expected 什么意思?

问题 food与foods的用法

Stoves are used to heat food and refrigerator are used to keep foods cool or cold.请问在这句中food为什么有单复数的区别？

问题 句式分析

Aerosols, tiny particles of soot, dust, and other materials, are thought to seed cloud formation scatter incoming radiation and promote cooling, but this effect, which would counteract warming, is also only superficially understood. 无法明白are thought to seed cloud formation scatter incomi...

问题 形容词的位置

Precious little evidence exists to show that opportunities online are encouraging infidelity.How are those two little precious ones?请问老师表示限定的词不是放在表示描述的形容词前面吗？请问precious little 和little precious有什么区别？

问题 eminent与famous的搭配相同吗

...出的；卓越的”，它与famous的搭配相同吗？比如： be famous for / be eminent for 因为……著名 be famous to / be eminent to 为……所熟知 be famous as / be eminent as 以……身份出名

问题 as if从句可以省略主语和动词be吗

如题，as if 引导的从句可以省略相同的主语和动词 be 吗？谢谢！

问题 being witty在下句中是现在进行时态还是分词表语

She is being witty.这是现在进行时态还是分词表语？谢谢老师的回答。

问题 I have no story to be told.

麻烦问下to be told是做什么成分？有的老师说后置定语学生们都觉得为什么不是宾补？

问题 decide是否等同于be determined to

有书上说decide = be determined to, 例如：I decided to conduct an experiment.= I was determined to conduct an experiment.请教老师们：1）上面所言正确吗？2）为什么decide不等于动词determine呢？