...阅读剑桥4,Test3 Passage 3
Obtaining Linguistic Data原文:Many factors must be
considered when selecting informants---whether one is working with single
speakers(a common situation when languages have not been described before), two
people interacting, small groups or large scale samples.Que...
61.credit somebody with…(P589)作“to
believe or admit that someone has a quality, or has done something good 相信某人有某优点【做了某件好事】”解时,构成“credit somebody with
doing something”。例如:Evans is credited with
inventing the system.据信埃文斯发...
关于no more than的用法我有不同的见解http://www.yygrammar.com/Article/200905/1197.html《英语常见问题解答大词典》、《薄冰英语用法问答1144例》和上面这个链接的看法一致,该观点认为:not
more than的意思是“不超过”,no
more than是“只有...
Three months on from a request for such a change, applicants will then
have to appear at a registry office in person. ——From: BBC这里的on from怎么理解?那么three months是修饰后面的介词短语还是说后面的介词短语修饰前面的three months?
...sequences
of this attitude are, in fact, far-reaching. Young people apply for jobs, or to take courses in tertiary
education, and demonstrate in their letters of application that they cannot
speak English properly. 选自Simon Heffer 的《Strictly English》page 20 疑问1:to take courses
in tert...
A part of the total space of any object, loose or tight, consists of empty space. 参考译文:任意一个松的或紧的物体的全部体积中的一部分是由空隙组成的。1.请教老师,形容词词组loose or tight可以称作为非限制性定语吗?它是后置定语更是...
In
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...
请问当 or 并列的名词性成分有单数有复数作先行词从句谓语单复数形式如何选择?比如:a word or a group of words, which serves as a definable center or head.请问老师,这里中先行词中有单数形式的word,也有复数形式的words,从句谓语动词...
.... B. She went shopping.C. She attended a
show.2. What is the man's
suggestion?A. Taking a rest. B.
Going for a coffee.C. Having a snack.3. What are the
speakers mainly talking about?A. A weekend plan. B.
A wedding invitation.C. A business deal.4. Where is Barbara
going tonight?A. To a gym. B. To her...