...tall, and her gray dress, simple and quite well-cut, did
not hide the fact that her figure was beautiful. It was a figure that might
have appealed more to the sculptor than to the costumier. Her hair, brown and
abundant, was plainly done, her face was very pale, and her features were good
without be...
And while in general I'd say that someone who refuses to do anything beyond the specific scope of their job description is going against professional norms and risks coming across ad difficult or even unpleasant to work with.and是连接is going against professional norms和risks coming across ad di...
In
the 19th century, only one home out of six had a bathroom. A child took only
one bath a week. On Saturday nights childrenall
lined up for their turns to wash in a wooden tub in the kitchen.Mothers
had to boil the water on the fire and carry it over to fill the tub. No wonder children could not ju...
So
meekly did she fold the white hands of the one upon her still bosom, that there
seemed to be a prayer in them there; and so sweetly did she wreath the white
rose in the hair of the other, that one would not have wondered had more roses
budded for company.
译文：她温柔地将那苍白的双...
看牛津词典关于crowd的解释是:a large number of people
gathered together in a public place.当时就不明白为什么不是gathering 然后看柯林斯词典是:a large group of people who have gathered together.所以疑问如题。谢谢！
... memorial tributes across Canada, with many Canadians (and even Americans) who had grown up with him praising his talent and work over the years.请问老师：例句中是with复合结构做伴随状语吗？with many Canadians praising his talent and work over the years，with + 名词 (或代词)...
...师，您好。老师您看这个句子But Woolie had grown so much fleece that he
didn't even look like a sheep.其中的fleece是可数名词，应该改成...so many fleeces that
he...吧？可是我问了其他老师，他们说在这种语境下，说话人想表达的意思是羊毛数也数...
...terary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote,that I am tempted to define “journalism” as “a term of contempt applied by writers whoare not read to writers whoare”.在前面那半句话里，end up 做什么成分呢？我觉得谓语应该是 have 呀，但后...
...n the past:以上解释出自《剑桥英语字典-语法栏》例句1. It had been raining and the ground was still wet.如果改用现在完成进行时例句2. It has been raining and the ground is still wet按现在完成进行时的定义，其要么依然在发生中，要么在不久前已经...
—How impressive China's 70th anniversary of National Day parade is!—Definitely. If only I _______ on the scene.A were B had been答案用的是had been。为什么were不可以呢？现在是两个人的对话，说话的时候并没有在现场与现在情况相反。
...harles Dickens was
born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels
fora century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in
1719—but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The steam-powered printing
press was still in its early stages；the literacy r...
...进行的动作，这和现在完成进行时有何区别？1. —I hear that our company has failed to promote a new product. —Oh, no wonder the manager_______ so disappointed this week. A. was acting B. is acting &nb...
...agoon off Swansea Bay is a hard blow for Wales. the tidal lagoon project，had
it gone ahead，was expected to creat 2200jobs.在这句话中, had
it gone ahead是否为省略if的倒装虚拟？意思是指如果如果继续开展这个项目，将会创造2200
jobs. 但实际上并没有继续，...