It's wrong of you to take shelter under the tree in the storm.问：语法上讲，it is +adj. +(for/of+sb.)+to do sth. ，此句型中到底何时用for 何时用of 取决于其前的形容词，若此形容词是表示人的属性的可以用来修饰人的，比如：kind , clever 时用of sb...
关于to the best of one’s ability 的用法，我已知它的意思（尽力，竭尽全力），在词典中也可查到例句：Just try to do the job to the best of your ability. 试着尽你所能将工作做好。He completed the job to the best of his ability. 他尽全力完成了工作。...
Sen would also ascertain levels of burglary，with the aim of discovering whether evidence exists for strict gun laws increasing crime by reducing people’s abilities to protect themselves. 我认为：本句中，discovering 引导的动名词短语，做介...
...eer had been a struggle against the intervention in his well-ordered chain of events of that disturbing imperative which he called the mob.这个句子董乐山的译版翻译成:“蒋介石的整个生涯就是同他称为“暴民”的那种骚乱因素进行斗争，不让他们打乱他的如...
more/less of a +单数名词后面还可以加than a +单数名词，例如这句话She was more of a hindrance than a help.有时还可省略than后面的内容，但我有个疑问， He is less of a fool than he looks. 这一句话的than部分为什么不是than a +单数名词呢？而是than h...
...卷I-阅读理解C When the explorers first set foot upon the continent
of North America, the skies and lands were
alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife. Native Americans had taken care
of these precious natural resources wisely. Unfortunately, it took the
explorers and the settlers who fol...
I'll ask the hotel manager if he will accept a cheque in payment of your bill.You can withdraw on this account by cheque in payment of goods.不太明白"in payment of..." 在句子中是做什么成分的? 它跟 pay for / in payment for 有什么区别吗?
...atre define not so much a concrete world, but rather the image people have of spatial relationships and the conflicts underlying those relationships in the society in which they live'. （我的翻译）尤布斯菲尔德认为“戏剧中再现的空间结构与其说定义了一个具体...
▲Despite China having one of the highest rates of female employment in the world, only a small percentage of women work in senior positions, said a research report released in Shanghai on Thursday.（来源《中国日报》）
▲这个句子可改成：A research report said despite...
ADJ-GRADED 典型的;有代表性的 You use typical to describe someone or something that shows the most usual characteristics of a particular type of person or thing, and is therefore a good example of that type.是否存在表示特指的用法？
...：For today's youth, books, newspapers and magazines have less and less of a presence in their daily lives.more/less of a +单数名词是一个用法，但是这里less and less of a presence中的presence，出席出现是一个不可数名词。为什么出现这种情况，是错误了吗？