The writing of a dictionary,
therefore, is not a task of setting up ruling statements about the “true
meanings” of words, but a task of recording, to the best of one's ability, what
various words have meant to authors in the distant or immediate past. The writer
of a dictionary is a historian, n...
It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your first fight on their unsympathetic faces.这个句子是2009年高考英语浙江卷阅读理解D中的一个句子。我有三个问题：一是 as traveler or diner 为什么没有冠词？比如说成 as a traveler or diner？二是这个as trav...
Space is not a
very hospitable place. There is no air. Depending on whether you are in
sunlight or not, it is either freezing cold or roasting hot.这句话的depending on的逻辑主语是谁？是后面的it吗？主语一致吗？
As is vividly depicted in the picture above, a youngster is sitting in
front of a computer, seriously considering whether he should choose the course
of new, creative and difficult knowledge or the course of high credit, easy passing
and less homework. The cartoonist aims to highlight the idea that ...
.... We
regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good. We
continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or
devour our crops. They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited
into our rooms on summer nights, or beat ageist our lighted windows. ...
He or she is an outsider already, either on ethnic or ideological grounds, or because accused of a crime so reprobated by authority that, whatever contrary official professions may be in place, the maxim guilty because accused informs practice.老师好，请问or 后面的...
Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather informationon compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise.为什么or并列的是不定式to keep和（to）gather，而不能是use与gather并列呢？
1)Whether eaten raw or cooked, fennel is good for you.2)He sat there on the sofa, with a map spread on his knees, with his face under the lamp bright and alert.上面2句：其中1)raw or cooked是否是fennel的主语补语，2)bright and alert是否也是He的主语补语呢？
...l, all living creatures live by feeding on something else, whether it be plant or animal, dead or alive.2) Efficient functioning depends on good design, careful attention...
...个章振邦《新编英语语法》上的一个例子：He can be relied on to help us.章教授认为：上句话中必须带有can 或 could, 否则不能转为被动态。▲关于这个问题，曹老师给出了详细的解答，现抄录如下：rely on someone/something to do something有两...
请视原句：But few will be as sensible and considerate when making the long
journey of life <on board> a
big 'social' or 'global' train.请问该句中的词组 on board 后为何可直接跟名词？
I had remarked onone side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren.onone side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards这两个介词短语是在从句中作什么成分呢？谢谢老师。
...ive evaluation procedures have enabled defects to be found that would have gone unnoticed earlier.Contrary to the descriptions on record, no systematic evidence was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.麻烦您老师，这里的that从句跟在被动语态后面，...
..., however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards. This is despite evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction.我的疑问是：1. 经查证，这...