In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Musci and Why We Should, Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative...
We had all heard that it was a great dam, as modern as any of its kind in the world.主句had heard是过去完成时，宾语从句的时态应该至少不晚于主句的时态had heard, 那么为什么宾语从句仍然使用了it was一般过...
Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind.他居然花了那么长时间才拿定主意，许多人都对此感到吃惊。He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.他非常讨...
Lesson 20 One man in a boatWhy is fishing the writers favourite sport？ Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are...
Suddenly the man who followed fell over a stone. He hurt his foot badly and called : “ Hey, Bill , I’ve hurt my foot.” Bill continued straight on without looking back. 此处的followed是不及物动词还是及...
In terms of artistic value,it is hard to say that one country s art form is greater than____.A .that of another B. another one C .one of another D. one another请问，为什么这里不用another one ，做...
“Aron Ralston is an man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountain climber,Aron used to taking risks.This is one of the exciting things about doing in dangerous sports”最后一句中的this指代m...
while从句动态动词一般为进行时但也有用一般时的句子Can you wait for me while I make a call?Can you hold my bag while I try on this jacket?甚至在《grammar in use》里还有Alex read a book while I watched T...
来自《风骚律师》: In what world is that anything but the deepest betrayal of everything we worked so hard to accomplish? In what world is that anything but the deepest betrayal of our friendship?这句...
Can I get an extension on the deadline to the end of the week?可以看作on the deadline和 to the end of the week都是extesion 的定语吗？在这样结构的句子中，介词(on,to)都是固定的搭配吗？如题
The brain is as active during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep—when most vivid dreams occur—as it is when fully awake, says Dr. Eric Nofzinger at the University of Pittsburgh,此处的as的含义是什么呢？是...
Much as ________, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.A.I would have liked to B.I would like to haveC.I should have to like D.I should have liked to想请问一...