...f a dictionary,
therefore, is not a task of setting up ruling statements about the “true
meanings” of words, but a task of recording, to the best of one's ability, what
various words have meant to authors in the distant or immediate past. The writer
of a dictionary is a historian, not a lawgiver...
...rying to rebook cancelled flights to destinations across Mexico.The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.请问亲爱的老师，这两句话中 strand这个词作什么成分，是什么用法呢？我只知道 spend sth on／in doing sth leave sb to do sth leave sb d...
... distinct way of walking,
which move both right legs forward and then both left legs. 一方面，从句法结构来看，a句没有错，which指代复数名词giraffes，所以用了move而不是moves。这样一来，整个定语从句是修饰主语giraffes。但另一方面，从信息结构（...
... put forward a lot of plans at the meeting, none of
_____A____were carried out in their work.A. which B. them C. what D. that正确答案选A，但为什么不可以填what？2. They put forward a lot of plans at the meeting, none of
_____B____carried out in their work.A. which B. them C. what D. th...
...提。谢谢老师！以下是原文：We've learned three big lessons about relationships. The first is that social connections are really good for us, and that loneliness kills. It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physi...
...The small ship, Elkor, which had
been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home. A radio message
from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to
give up the search. The captain knew that another attempt would be made later,
for the sunken ship he was tryin...
...on't approve of
certain people or they simply don't have the time to reach out to people. You
can literally shut your heart away in a little box inside of you or you can
open that box and let all that love flow out. It is really up to you.这里的either应该是与后面的or连接的吧？但作...
...xation of this complex and dangerous man. In the centre of this room there was an upright beam, which had been placed at some period as a support for the old worm-eaten baulk of timber which spanned the roof. To this post a figure was tied, so swathed and muffled in the sheets which had been used to...
My
name is Jason. I was born in Los Angeles,California, 30 years ago. I have had
autism since the age of 3, which means communication has always been a big
problem for me. Like everyone else in the world, I have an up-and-down life, during which I went
through some of the journey that has been a roc...
下面两个句子I know when he left room.He forgot his briefcase whe When he left the room.When he left the room虽然形式上在两个句子中都相同，但从句在第1个句子当中应是宾语从句，在第2句子当中应是状语从句。两个when都是连接词，但因从句不同，...
...t is cutting things fine. It is hard for energetic, quick-minded
people to waste time, so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting
out to keep an appointment. If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured
tires, diversions of traffic, sudden descent of fog, they will be on time. They...
With the publication of famous Leather-stocking Tales, the first of which were The Pioneer, the second The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper established his reputation as the first major American novelist.请问：句中的 were 可以改为 was 吗？
...the strength of what he said to Michaelis, that he “had
a way of finding out”, supposed that...根据他对Michaelis说过的他“有办法查出来”，警察猜测……我分析这个句子里的what是融合性关系代词，所以插入语部分的that he“had a way of finding out”是w...
...two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the
time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was ____24____ from a
heart operation, was 21 years old. Four days later Ann was ____25____ looking after the dog, whom they had
started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog ...