... Doctor, describing her life as a physician.上面一段摘自2023年高考英语(老高考)全国卷1的阅读理解A。我对最后一句中的describing her life as a physician 有疑问:her life 怎么会是 a physician 呢?“她的生活”应该是与“医生的生活”相比较吧...
...,所以我觉得用完成式是多余的,是这样吗?我原来以为英语只能说 after doing sth,但不能说 after having done sth,直到今天我看到了下面这个句子:He wrote his first book after returning (having returned) from Mongolia. 他从蒙古回来以后,写了他...
...能省略to。如:They all felt the plan to be
unwise. 他们都认为这个计划不明智。注意,当这些动词变为被动语态时,不定式前的to不能省略。如:They
were heard to break a glass in the next door. 听见他们在隔壁打破了一个玻璃杯子。另外,若用...
在英语中,demand sb to do sth 是错误的,应采取 demand of sb to do sth 的形式。这里的 of 为什么不是 for ?按照一位老师的说法,不定式复合结构由 for 引出而且只能由 for 引出逻辑主语,构成 for sb to do sth 的形式。为什么这句的不定式...
在英语试题中,看到很多提问形式。如:What can we learn about the author?What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter? What do we know about Susanna Reid? What do we know about the solar still equipment from the first paragraph?请问这learn about与know abo...
英国语言学家Swan在《牛津英语用法指南》第一版第643页说:请注意:一个名词如已由其他词语作了完整的表述,就不再用限制性关系从句了。典型错误:My house which I bought last year has got a lovely garden.(应为:The house which I bought las...
..., particularly when there are reasons to do so.这个句子是2016年高考英语北京卷阅读理解D中的一个句子。我对句子中的 burst out 用法感到不解。在我的理解中,burst out 有两个用法:一是以“爆发的现象”作主语。如:Then the applause burst out. ...