...interested to learn that it was the same as that at which Strickland and I had drunk absinthe when I had gone over to Paris to see him. The fact that he had never changed suggested a sluggishness of habit which seemed to me characteristic.句尾which seemed to me characteristic. 1）正常语序是...
Rumours circulated earlier this week after reports a high-profile figure had arrived on a special train, similar to that used by Mr Kim's father.这个句子中介词 after 后的 reports 应该是名词，后面的句子 a high-profile figure had arrived on a special train 是个定语从句或...
If his object had been health for health's sake, the result would still have been well worth any sacrifices of momentary desire that it cost him; but he had a higher purpose.通常any用在肯定句中，后接可数名词单数，表示任一...，为什么这里any sacrifices 复数呢？
...好，我想请教一下您:1.Jack must have gone out very early ,for he hadn't shown up at the breakfast.2.Who that you had ever seen is stronger than him?老师我想问下，这两个句子这里为什么要用过去完成时呢（for he hadn't shown up…和who that you had…)，我感觉没有...
...，就无法解释下面的例句：It
was the first opportunity for the
second-term congressman and former television producer to address a national political convention.（LDOCE-Example Bank）This
is positively the last chance for
the industry to establish such a system.
（CCED）在以上例句...
The score is higher than would have been the case
if no one had cheated.请问这个句子中的时态如何理解？为什么是用 is 而不是用 would be：The score would be higher than would have been
the case if no one had cheated.句子意思如何理解，如何翻译比较好？原句摘...
"Not
as you represent it. Had she merely dined with him, she might only have
discovered whether he had a good appetite; but you must remember that four
evenings have been also spent together -- and four evenings may do a great
deal.""Yes;
these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they ...
This trend during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its
scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.这句话我在书上看到，书上对 demands that a government wants to make o...
It was not until man had learned how to make iron and steel that the constructionof various machines _ possible.A.were madeB.had madeC.madeD.was made请老师帮我仔细划分句子成分再逐一给四个选项解答，最后在详细说明not until的用法，谢谢。
...不是was呢？)（2）He ordered them to get out of the store or he would had them all arrested.(为什么不是would have 而是would had？ 另外如果句子是一般时态，是否可以用will have，而不必用would have了？)
...es showed us a picture of Tracy Bill.
We learned for the first time how he had died — and something of how he had
lived. He was a generous, goodhearted young man who loved the outdoors and was
never happier than when he was working under the hood of his car. Evenings,
Tracy and his friends would s...
... I came to live here.Joan came to work in her car last week for (only) the second time since October.Such since-constructions are best regarded as postmodifications in noun-phrase structure and not as adjuncts.since引导时间状语，通常要求主句谓语动词用完成体。明显的例外发...