话题 The pool is nearly as wide as it is long.

问题 relaxed and dreaming作什么成分

The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming.这个从句中,relaxed and dreaming作什么成分,有人说是主语补足语。

问题 as... and although...是并列句吗

As we have already noted, with agriculture and sedentism came diets too closely centered on a single crop, such as wheat in the Old World and maize in the New, and although sedentism encouraged population growth, such growth seems to have been that of a “forced” population with a considerably di...

问题 can't...no better than如何理解

That's the way it is, Paul D. I can't explain it to you no better than that, but that's the way it is. If I have to choose—well, it's not even a choice.——选自Toni Morrison. Beloved (Kindle 位置 672-673). Vintage International. Kindle 版本.请问加粗部分应该如何理解？我的理...

问题 The first I knew about it was when...

The first I knew about it was when I woke up in the ambulance. 当我从救护车中苏醒过来时才知道发生了什么事。这是网上的一个句子，网上说是柯林斯词典上的句子，我有两个疑问：1. 句首的 the first 为什么不说成 the first time？我觉得应该改...

问题 no与and/or的搭配问题

There are _____ pens ______pencils in the box.A not, and      B no, and        C no, or1）not否定的是动词，那么pens和pencils是并列的，A选项是否可以？2）B、C选项区别在于用or还是and。这个答案应该选哪个？其他两个选项错在哪里？

问题 seemed to have done可从it seems that从句转变而来吗

  1. He seemed to have decided on going.       = It seems that he (has) decided on going.         他好像决定要去了。  2. He seemed to have decided on going.      = It seemed that he had decided on going.&nb...

问题 难句理解与翻译

Adolescents’ evolving cognitive capacities allow them to think beyond seeing their parents only as being like, or unlike, how they themselves want to be.曹老师， 麻烦问问，这句话该怎么翻译呢？ 尤其是 beyond seeing their parents only as being like, or unlike。 

问题 形式主语it之后的真正主语是不定式或是动名词有区别吗？

It took me 3 months to write the novel.（不定式为真正主语） It is convenient living in big cities. (动名词为真正主语) 请问老师不定式和动名词为真正主语时可以互换吗？在含义上有什么不同吗？ 看书所得，不定式有名词属性、动...

问题 关于两个时间短语/从句在一起的疑问追问

...高吧。The submarine was found on August 11, about 15 hours after it had departed Copenhagen.我记得的曹老师对句子有解析如下(不好意思，我只是按照我的理解，希望没有误解老师的意思)On August 11和About 15 hours after it had departed Copenhagen为两个时...

问题 one of its most important for sales为什么important后不

...orld’s largest luxury market, which Mr Gabbana has singled out as one of its most important for sales.这件事的冲击波危及杜嘉班纳在中国市场的增长，嘉班纳曾将中国市场列为对该公司的销售最重要的市场之一。

问题 多个形容词并列是否用连词and

...个形容词作表语，一般要在最后两个形容词之间用连词 and 连接；多个形容词作定语，一般不会在最后两个形容词之间用连词 and 连接。但这样的例子很少见，请老师帮忙分析。比如（自己举例，不知对不对）：The boy is tall, fat an...

问题 被动句的两种写法

... that they were making fun of her.被动句:1a. Mary realized that she was being made fun of. 1b. Mary realized that fun was being made of her.  (1b正确吗？) 2.  You must lay special emphasis on the choice of words.被动句：2a. Special emphasis must be laid on the choice of wor...

问题 虚拟语气 与将来事实不符，为什么 if从句可以用should do或were to do

•If it rained/were to rain/should rain tomorrow, we would put off the sports meet.这句话的真实条件句应该是If it rains tomorrow, we will put off the sports meet.这里If it rains, 改成虚拟语气后，退一个时态，变成If it rained…可以理解。但为什么，还可以变...

问题 and so is...so的用法和含义？

A century is, geologically speaking, a very short period of time. And so is a thousand years.上句中的And so is ...中so 是什么用法和含义? And so is a thousand years 主语省略了吗？so表示强调吗？