...也确实貌似复杂。这句名言是：
To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is
false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not,
is true.
有现成的翻译，我直接引用过来：“非而是，是而非，为非；是而是，非而...
...不定式作什么？2. Your doctor will do several tests to make sure you are a candidate. 医生会做几项检查确定你是否适合接受手术。 这句中to make sure是目的状语，you are a candidate是宾语从句吗？3. You will not be able to drive afterwards. 术...
...？2. Well, we'll find out later on in the show if that's right or not. 今天在学校老师刚讲了如果后面有 or not 要用 whether 不用 if，可是这一句是用 if...or not 的，请问是否有这样的用法？如果有的话那么它与 whether...or not 有什么区别...
Some of them were dressed fashionably, andthey said they couldn't for the life of them see why you should be dowdy just because you had written a novel; if you had a neat figure you might as well make the most of it, and a smart shoe on a small foot had never prevented an editor from taking you...
...ese food-price increases, combined with soaring energy costs, will slow if not stop economic
growth in many parts of the world and will even undermine political stability. 食物以及能源价格的飙升如果不停止，将会减缓世界很多地区经济的发展，甚至还将破坏政
治稳...
下面一句中的 they 是指代什么？是指代 the screens？还是指代photographs, text and information from websites？The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites. They’re brilliant! 另外，这个 they 可以换成 which 而变成一个非限制性定语从句...
...hort总之，简而言之：His novels belong to a
great but vanished age. Theyare, in short, old-fashioned. 他的小说属于一个辉煌但已逝去的时代。一句话，已经过时了。（摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第9版p.1980）
in vain 无益地；徒然；枉费心机...
Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swing in the oil price.在这句话中，than 后边接的是they were, than的词性是什么？than具有介词、连词两个词性。
...“格外地”“非常”：主要用来修饰形容词或副词。如：They worked extra hard. 他们工作特别努力。I’m going to work extra hard. 我打算要特别努力工作。I was extra glad to see you. 见到你我特别高兴。2.表示“额外地”“另加地”：主要用于...
...e of mass media , and with it , a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.网上的解析是：这句话有省略，应该是 The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media , and with it , a commercial culture in which happiness is not...
1.They were all excited and happy. all 是同位语，有修饰作用吗？如果改成：He was all excited and happy.这个all是副词吗？2.If that is the case, all the better. better是名词吗？3. all 能引导从句吗？4. all 能指代上下文吗？5. all 是...
...被动不定式。那这是不是意味着，She is difficult to please.，Theyare easy to steal.和This one is nice to smell.都可以改为被动式to be pleased, to be stolen和to be smelled.感觉变成被动式更好理解一点。4. 还想问下不定式状语的理解，I had to shout to be ...