Translating consists in reproducing the closest natural equivalent of the source-language message, first in terms of meaning, second in terms of style.这里的first和second是副词修饰介词吗？还是省略了成分。
Will you be presiding over a
family that maintains some basic contact
with the great continuity of democratic intellect? 请问老师with the great continuity of democratic intellect是介词短语作状语还是定语，感觉都可以
... apologize. 更糟的是他拒不道歉。To make matters worse, my friend then lost her keys. 更为糟糕的是，我的朋友又弄丢了她的钥匙。Only 300 people came to the match and to make things worse, the floodlights went out during the second half. 只有区区 300 人来看比赛，...
辅导班的一道题：
The girl _______ (joke) when she said there was no milk left.
A. joked B. was joking
我根据《麦克米伦高阶英汉双解词典》中 joke 词条的 be joking（开玩笑）中的例句：
I thought he was joking when he said he'd resigned. 他说他已...
"Given all of these exceptions that Donald Trump represents, he may well shatter patterns of history that have held for more than 150 years, lose this election even if the historical circumstances favor it," Lichtman said. 想问其中lose this election even if the historical circumstances...
on 有一个特别常见的用法；on the group, on the staff. 剑桥词典中这样解释这个用法； "on" used to show when someone is a member of a group or organization: 按字面的理解是说on表明某人是某个组织成...
..., as legend would have it, look at the mold on a piece of cheese and get the idea for penicillin there and then.上句可改写为：Sir Alexander Fleming did not&nb...
...状语？若放在句尾，能不能理解为主补？为什么？2. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour—much faster than its rivals.句中的 much faster than its rivals 是什么成分？是主补、状语还是插入语？插入语有什么特点？为什么用破折号...