Some survivors were found to have suffered psychiatric disorders in the aftermath of the earthquake. Others were trying hard to blot out the memory of the tragic event.请问，句中的 have suffered 表示的是从过去的某一时刻起至今都在遭受精神错乱的困扰吗？
If breeders were willing to breed to dogs with fewer exaggerated characteristics and judges in the show ring began rewarding those dogs, change could happen,” she said.不好意思没有前后文。文章大致是关于杂交狗研究，杂交育种之类的。
The court opening is also likely to drastically alter both parties' approaches to November's midterm elections. Republicans, in particular, hope the vacancy activates a base that the party has worried would sit out this year's contests.请问各位老师，在这句中：“the party has...
People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers” .这里的 be referred to as，其中的 refer 是不及物动词吧，所以才接介词 to；可是不及物动词不是没有被动式吗？以及后面的 as 又做什么成分?
But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemenal literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of decline in the skill even of the middle class reader.请问这里less than 是什么句型吗，意思是什么?
She used to wait outside film studios all day, just _____ (appear) in crowd scenes.老师，这边填to appear, 是目的状语吗？ 但是为什么不可以认为是结果状语，用appeared, 站了一整天，也仅仅只是出现在群演的画面中。
Gamification is about understanding what it is that make games engaging and what game designers do to create a great experience in games.我知道what引导的是宾语从句, 但是在从句作什么成分了？
The portion of Americans aged 18 to 29 who claim to have had no sex for 12 months has more than doubled in a decade—to 23% last year. That is, counter-intuitively, despite the removal of many impediments to sex.介词 despite可以连用 be 吗？比如最后一句话。
...ners are taught to use a firm, assertive, handshake, look someone directly in the eye, offer a business card with one hand, and with minimal social exchange get directly to the business at hand.at hand这里表示什么意思？with minimal social exchange get directly to the business at hand. ...
Most of the matter strictly appropriate to a Preface you may find, if you so elect, in the Foreword addressed to Sinclair Lewis.为什么这里的appropriate to前面没加be系动词，如果换做动词也只有及物动词。