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England, on the contrary, the metropolis is a mere gathering-place, or general
rendezvous, of the polite classes, where they devote a small portion of the
year to a hurry of gayety and dissipation, and, having indulged this kind of
carnival, return again to the apparently more congenial habits of...
这句话的being在这里什么意思？成为的意思吗？不要这个being可以吗？In addition to being the perfect gift for the
occasion, also remember that gifts are memorable. They may cost you little but
would be priceless to the receiver, who recognizes their value as a sign of
your aff...
Jack averages 9 hours a day at work,compared to Lucy's 8.
That's 37.5% compared to 33%.
这是文章中紧挨着的两句话。
第一句中，compared to(做被动)前后逻辑主语一致，我觉得是状语?
第二句中，分析不出compared to的逻辑主语，不知道它是做状语，...
我在一篇文章中看到这句话：as befits the gravity of the issue at hand, a complicated multi-knockout round system was employed.但是我不知道为什么befit前面加as的原因，我又查了牛津字典，发现字典上只给出了例句，并没有解释原因：it was a lavish rece...
And we need to create a network of ocean sanctuaries covering at least a third of the blue planet, if we are to take climate crisis seriously.请教老师：这里的if we are to take...中的are to是表示将来还是计划安排呢？去掉如何，即if we take climate seriously 可否？用不...
After the interruption, the speaker went on talking as if nothing had happened.When I told them my plan, they looked at me as if I was mad.请教老师这两句话是虚拟吗？是不是如果主句是过去时，as if 是否是虚拟看不出来？谢谢！
One student in a hundred _____ (is/are) to be chosen to attend the meeting.
答案是：is，为什么不能用 are？如果按比例，100个当中选1个，那么200个当中就选2个，300个当中就选3个，400个当中就选4个，……应该是可以用单数或复数啊。