In the contrary school, the duck is supreme. It comes nearer to the engines with which man has 'conquered' the air, as he boasts.参考译文：与滑翔鸟相对的另一类鸟中，数野鸭本领最高。它更近乎于人类自夸的“征服”了空气的发动机。问题：此处with是何...
Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools.
You had to be entered at birth, if not
before.请问老师：怎样理解if not before在上面句子中的用法和含义。谢谢老师！
...读《哈利波特与火焰杯》英文版时读到这么一句话：“Long walk, Arthur?” Cedric’s father asked. “Not too bad,” said Mr. Weasley. “We live just on the other side of the village there. You?”“Had to get up at two, didn’t we, Ced? I tell you, I’ll be glad when he’s...
It was in the hall ______ we used to have meetings ______ the meeting was held.
A. that, where
B. where, that
C. that,that
D. where, where
第一个空不能填 that 吗？求详解！
一句语法填题：She read the letter through before sending it, _______ (check) for spelling mistakes. 答案：checking，分析是：这里是用现在分词表伴随。疑问：但为什么不填不定式 to check 呢？可以理解为用不定式表目的啊！
The woman was worried it would take her years to settle her account with the hospital. 她很担心自己可能要花许多年去还清这笔医药费。上面这段英文和翻译来自沪江，我想请哪位老师，帮我划一下这个句子的成分，再说一下句子里用到的时态和语...
I've discovered that it isn't only among educated people like ourselves that resistance to the Tartars is to be found（我发现不仅是我们读书人反对鞑子）这里的resistance to the Tartars不是动词短语，它应该作什么成分呢？前面那个among貌似去掉也可以...
The stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time, but from the surfeit of things we try to cram into it.译文：我们的紧张感并非来源于时间短缺，而是因为我们试图在一个个时段中塞入过多的内容。请问老师，from a shortage of time 作句子什么成份？...