Babies cry to
call attention to their immediate needs: food, or rest, or a diaper change or
cuddles. But without intending to, crying babies might also provide insight
into a defining trait that will develop later in life. As Matt Stevens of the
New York Times reports, a new study has found that the...
刘老师从词典和英美报刊发现如下例句：A close friend of mine from China has become a Singapore citizen for some years.She has become a teacher since 1990. （自从1990年以来她就一直当老师。）句子可能的含义是：She became a teacher in 1990 and has been a teacher s...
Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution: they look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship,as at something wholly beyond his comprehension.请问as at something wholly beyond his comprehension这里是as (a savage looks ) at something wholly beyond his comprehension.的...
I thought I should burst with amazement! Such a cruel, heartless charge! I never had seen Cochin China! I never had heard of Wakawak! I didn't know a plantain-patch from a kangaroo!我觉得我简直诧异得要爆炸了，这样残酷无情的诬蔑！我一辈子连见也没有见过交...
This seems more like a misguided cry for help than a willfully criminal act.是不是也等于：This seems like a misguided cry for help more than a willfully criminal act.这里的more应该是做副词修饰seem，放seems后和放than前都一样的对吗？谢谢老师的回答！
A great grandmother of mine,who was a friend of Gibbon,lived to the age
of ninety-two,and to her last day remained a terror to all her descendants.老师请问这个句子中remain是a grand mother of mine 的谓语吗?还有to her last day是不是状语?但是有to her last day这种用法吗为...
...hin blue ribbon of the Nile, flowing slowly north, unwound over brown soil and green fields, some only a few yards wide, others as broad as an Iowa cornfield.请问some only a few yards wide, others as broad as an Iowa cornfield在句中作什么成分？some only a few yards wide中some和only a fe...
As lockdowns lift, people are now stumbling back into a world of accidental collisions, some eagerly, some queasily, most with an odd sensation of novelty after a year of hibernation.《经济学家》上的句子。我个人看法：看作独立主格，省略的不是being，而是承前省略(bei...
...More到底能不能作形容词性？第一组:1):George did more work than anyone else(More为数量限定词,所以这个句子应该是正确的)2):George did work more than anyone else(这个结构是错误的,More作限定词需要用在名词前,作为形容词涉及到比较对象问题)3):Ge...
...row）的过去分词（如grown）不能作状语，但它的完成式（having grown）可以作状语。比如不能说：Grown in a small village, I developed a great interest in..不能说：Grown up in the United States, I had never seen a university surrounded by high, cement walls.应该说...
我在新牛津词典上看到：meet - encounter or be faced with (a particular fate, situation, attitude or reaction) 经历；遭到，遭遇 He met his death in 1946 - 他死于1946年。【no obj.】we met with a slight setback - 我们受了点挫折。我的疑问是：上述的mee...
People with a sense of community responsibility are more likely to adhere to the rules and regulations set by
their community, and consciously conduct themselves politely and guard against
such minor offences as making a loud noise, dropping litter, smoking, and
spitting, thus contributing to prom...