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...
...于itself或者themselves。I do not object taxes as such， but do object when taxation is justified on spurious or dishonest grounds. 这里的as such等同于前面的taxes，翻译为我不是反对税收本身，但我确实反对莫名的或不正当的理由的税收。 同义替换...
If not, not是一句省略句，如：
If it is cheap, I’ll buy it. If not, not. 如果这东西便宜，我就买；如果不便宜，我就不买。
If you study hard, you’ll succeed. If not, not. 你若努力，你就会成功；你若不努力，你就不会成功。
If you start at onc...
...erman made every effort not to damage it in any way. When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long. It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright...
... open plan office is a mistake – I certainly
find it difficult sometimes when I have clients on the phone. Then there’s the
cosmetic side of it – people do comment on the décor being a little monotonous and impersonal – maybe that’s just a
matter of taste. 曹老师您好，这里的bein...
请教一个句子：Amy used to read books before going to bed,but now she gets used to
listening to music.第一问：前半句used是谓语动词，然后接的不定式to read,请问这样理解对吗？如果不是请说下您的分析。第二问：后半句有now开头，gets是谓语动词...
It was announced
that only when the fire was under control ______to return to their homes.A. the residents
would be permitted B. had the
residents been permitted C. would the
residents be permitted D. the residents
had been permitted我记得only+状语置于句首会引起部分倒装，但这道...
我的理解是it指代的skill，后半句可以变成：skill knows when to guess or
what questions to skip.为了表达状态的转换，改成了is knowing，比如 She is being smart.意思是她可能平时不聪明，但现在突然聪明了一下。这里when表示什么时候怎么怎么样...
...ng my stay in
Hertfordshire. As for my fair cousins, though my absence may not be long enough
to render it necessary, I shall now take the liberty of wishing them health and
happiness, not excepting my cousin Elizabeth."With
proper civilities the ladies then withdrew; all of them equally surprised t...
...是“当……还是一个孩子的时候”，相当于when sb was a boy…。如：
He lived in Edinburgh as a boy. 他年轻时住在爱丁堡。
Even as a boy he was hopeless at maths. 小时候他数学就很差。
As a boy, I lived on a farm in Maine. 在我...