▲典型错误※ They described him to be honest.※ I want to describe you some of the difficulties.1.describe常与as连用，意为“把……描述为 ……”、“认为……”。例如：They described him as an honest man.They described him as honest.They described him as being honest....
...个句子，理解有难度：How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way
of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?我的疑问如下：1. How long until…是什么句式？2. gas street lamp 是什么意思？gas street lamps 与 morning milk deliveries 是什么...
...ol building；2）【BrE】attending school，rather than being at college or university or having a job. 单从释义来看，at school即可以表地点（场所），也可以表学习（功能）。因为“表地点”的解释与大陆中小学传统的教学认知相悖，需要进一步的...
...才能到那儿。（摘自《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》
（2）No
one knows for sure [= for certain] what happened. 没有人知道到底发生了什么。（摘自《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》p.2113)
（3）We
do not know for certain that he will come . 我们不确切知道他是...
...er than never B.
Failure is the mother of successC.
One is never too old to learn D. Don't
pull all your eggs in one basket2.
In January Harbin is covered with snow and ice ______ Kunming is green and warm
with flowers.A.
since B. unless ...
...found the bread and put two slices into the egg mixture. Next, Jeff
turned on the second stove burner to heat up the frying pan. Everything was
going smoothly until Jeff started frying the bread. The pan was too hot and the
bread turned black within seconds. Jenna threw the burnt piece into the sink...
"I
do not blame Jane," she continued, "for Jane would have got Mr.
Bingley, if she could. But, Lizzy! Oh, sister! it is very hard to think that
she might have been Mr. Collins's wife by this time, had not it been for her
own perverseness. He made her an offer in this very room, and she refused him.
...
...意思：(1) 用于指人：英英词典的解释是
unable to understand or think clearly（迷惑的；糊涂的），指人感到迷惑、不解、糊涂等。如：I’m
thoroughly confused. 我完全给搞糊涂了。Never
had she been so confused. 她从未如此困惑。At
first, I was a bit ...
...数形式。例如：What kind of cherry tree flourishes
best in this region? 该地区什么样的樱桃树生长最好？（摘自赵俊英：《现代英语用法》p.1403）What kinds of cherry tree flourish
best in this region ? 该地区哪些种类的樱桃树生长最好？（同上）2. 如...
...ld，它在句中也是表示“愿意”：—Why
didn’t you come to Simon’s party last night?— I want
to, but my mom simply ______ not let
me out so late at night. A. could B. might C. would D.
should...
...词置于名词之前，将介词短语置于名词之后。如：a question different
from
this
one
= a different
question from this one 一个与此不同的问题但a student afraid of
English不可用an afraid student of English一个怕英语的学生（afraid为表语形容词）三、少数...
...完整的短文。The Meredith family
lived in a small community. As the economy was in decline, some people in the
town had lost their jobs. Many of their families were struggling to make ends
meet. People were trying to help each other meet the challenges. Mrs. Meredith was a most
kind and thought...
...ll shoot you.If it rains, the match will be cancelled.If I press this button, what will happen? 这类句子中，从句也可能是现在完成时或现在进行时。I will return the book on Monday if I have read it.The police won’t take your car away if you are sitting in it. 如果i...