問:在閱讀中遇到這樣一個(gè)句子:(1)Be it designers dressing pallid, skinning models in“heroin chic”or advertisers selling mundane household product with trippy imagery, narcotics are now entrenched in daily life.請問句中的“Be it”是什么結(jié)構(gòu)?Be為什么是原形?答:句(1)中的...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:在講授《大學(xué)英語》語法時(shí)遇到這樣一個(gè)問題,先看下列四個(gè)句子:(1)Being heated, ice can be turned into water.(2)When being heated, ice can be turned into water.(3)When heated, ice can be turned into water.(4)When it being heated, ice can be turned into water.請問上述句中...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:對于關(guān)系代詞who,whom,that和which的省略問題的解釋我覺得有點(diǎn)搞不懂。本人從多種詞典的例句和解釋中作出總結(jié):這些關(guān)系代詞只有在從句中作賓語時(shí)才可以省去,而在作為從句的主語時(shí)不能省去,我的這種理解正確嗎?還有,在“Ther...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:我曾見過這樣一個(gè)對話:Yongxian:Who is your hero, Miss White?Miss White:My hero is my father. He is kind and hardworking.hero是“偶像”的意思嗎?請幫我解答一下。答:hero的英文解釋是very brave man or boy;也可解釋為a person remembered or admired for bravery or goo...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:有這樣兩個(gè)句子,我甚感疑惑,請給予解答:(1)The cup dropped on the ground and was broken.(2)He dropped the cup on the ground and it was broken.請問這兩個(gè)句子中的drop為什么能用相同的語態(tài),句(1)的用法是否錯(cuò)誤?如果沒有錯(cuò)誤,那么請問有此用法的類似的...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:閱讀外刊,時(shí)常遇見hippie和yuppie,請問這兩個(gè)詞究竟有何異同?答:這兩個(gè)詞分別體現(xiàn)了美國不同年代的政治形勢和經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況對年輕一代的影響。hippie(或hippy)意為“嬉皮士”(esp. in the 1960s and 1970s, someone opposed to the traditional standards o...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:在閱讀材料中,有這樣一個(gè)句子:(1)The map shows a boundary between England and Wales, but there was no frontier, no Customs off icers, no armed guards.boundary和frontier都是邊界的意思,但在句中似乎并非如此,請問它們有什么區(qū)別?可以換用嗎?答:boundary與front...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:我在閱讀時(shí)遇到這樣一個(gè)句子:(1)Moreover, clearing land for agriculture has accelerated the rate of habitat loss and species extinction, while increasing crop yield is likely to require more inputs of fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation, with the risk of worsening ...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:我在做改錯(cuò)題時(shí)遇到下面這個(gè)句子:(1)Invariably, however, the relation is weak, so commonly of dubious statistical significance.答案是應(yīng)把句中的so改為and。我想知道,怎樣才能確定so在句子中到底是修飾形容詞或副詞的,還是表示連詞詞性的詞的?答...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    問:有這樣一個(gè)句子:(1)His fall from grace came almost as fast, after it was revealed that he had used steroids to achieve his world-beating performance. 請問句中的fall from grace的確切意思是什么?是否應(yīng)把fall改為falling?答:fall from grace是一成語,多用于宗教和神學(xué)方...[繼續(xù)閱讀]