请专家看此句：The news reporter hurried to the airport, only to be told the film star had left.【参考译文】这位新闻记者匆忙赶到机场，结果被告知电明星已经走了。【我的疑问】后半句不定式的用法我看不懂，烦请专家解释一下，谢谢！
... said was driven by higher tax refunds and 'eventually improvements in the jobs picture’.2. He stressed that, while gross margin was better than originally forecast, the improvement was thanks to the mix of merchandise, not higher prices.
Over the past few years the government has performed so dismally on law and order that it has ceded the initiative to, of all people, Jeremy Corbyn.我查阅了 "of all people" 可以翻译为 在所有人中，那么为什么不用 among 呢？
I could see the steep, long concrete stairs going down to the Long Island Railroad or up into the street.
我能察觉向下通向另一个地铁站，向上通向街道的陡峭、长长的混凝土台阶。这里是going down现在分词后置定语修饰前面的。
我能察觉陡峭、长长...
...e our friends stopped and stared into a shop window, upon which Holmes did the same. 这里的upon which Holmes did the same - 福尔摩斯也学着他们的样儿（=也那样做了）。请教老师，1）这里的介词 upon = on 是 “关于“ 的意思吗？2）可以转换成例...
Scientists jumped to the rescue with Some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.这里的jump to the rescue该如何理解？如何翻译？
It is the government's responsibility to come up with ideas on how to lessen the pressure of work and help the marriage couples enjoy more of their time.to come up with ideas 作定语修饰 responsibility是否可以？
Certainly, some felt that
the time had come to find out once and for all the alphabetic powers of the Chinese script, if any were hidden in its
folds.这里的alphabetic power和folds如何更为准确地理解和翻译呢？
...难理解，它们放在一起怎么翻译？Forty-three windmills powered the drainage pumps so that they were able
to lease the reclamation to farmers as early as 1612, with the investors
receiving annual leasing payments at an interest rate of 17 percent.这里的reclamation怎么理解？
1.The new colleague soon proved that not only was he capable,but also that he could be trusted.2.The new colleague soon proved that not only was he capable but that he could also be trusted.3.The new colleague soon proved that not only was he capable,but he could also be trusted.请问各位老师...
【原文】At the start of 2019 came more bad news, as a lengthy partial federal-government shutdown depressed both output and consumer sentiment. The economy had been expected to cool a little anyway, as the impetus from the Trump administration's fiscal stimulus faded...
老师好！有个问题麻烦您帮我解答一下。谢谢！“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst” is a proverb,
_______ life is beautiful and full of frustrations as well.A means B
meaning C to mean D meant答案上说此题是考查非谓语作定语，因proverb与mean...
... with ______?A that friend of youB that friend of yoursC the friend of youD the friend of yours正确答案是 B, 我想问 ACD 为什么错了？问题一：你说“英语中不能用of+人名来表示所属关系，例如不能说 a/the friend of Jim”那么能不能有...