句中的 to the point where 表示结果,指“到了……的程度或地步”。你的句子意思是:属于年轻家庭的X一代,比如我和我的妻子,仍觉得装一部住宅电话比为每个家庭成员提供一部手机更方便。话虽如此,老实说,唯一给我们打电话的人是我们婴儿潮一代的父母,以至于我们会玩游戏猜是谁打来电话,然后再拿起电话接听(查看来电显示...
回答于 2021-06-10 22:05
曹老师的解答说得很清楚了。不是说不能用 breaking the window,而是在你的句子中用它不合适,不符合语境的需要。如果说 I saw him breaking the window 应该是可以的,那是指他打碎窗户的那个瞬间被我看见了。至于现在分词作定语,通常是表示与主要动作同时或几乎同时的动作,通常不能先于主要动作,这是许多语法著作都有...
回答于 2021-06-08 08:25
The Institute, under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, was founded on February 20, 1968. After 40 years’ development, it has become China's main space technology and product development base, and the most powerful backbone force in China's space industry. It is mainly engaged i...
回答于 2021-06-08 08:15
你的句子中的 then 在此为形容词,不是副词,不能放到句首;then 在此的意思不是“然后”,而是表示“当时的”。Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly-Ann at a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginnings of true greatness. 斯蒂芬·弗朗西斯注意到了当时18岁的雪莉安在田径运动会上的...
回答于 2021-06-04 23:26
see sb do 和 see sb doing 都可以说,它们的区别在本站有很多分析,比如下面这个回答:https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/36027
回答于 2021-06-04 23:23
下面两句都可以说,never 的否定范围不一样,但意思一样:He always comes late, but with never an apology.(never否定an apology)He always comes late, but never with an apology.(never否定 with an apology)
回答于 2021-05-23 15:06
(would) prefer…to…的意思是就是“宁愿……而不愿……”(用于比较两个名词或动名词)。如:I prefer the seaside to the mountains. 我喜欢海边,不喜欢山区。Tom prefers reading to talking. 汤姆喜欢读书而不喜欢谈天。We’d prefer playing outdoors to watching television. 我们宁愿在外面玩而不愿看电视。The report found...
回答于 2021-05-23 14:20
这里的 selling custody 是修饰 banks 的现在分词短语,作后置定语。后面一个分句的谓语动词是 subcontract,涉及subcontract sth to sb(将某事转包给某人),即 subcontract tasks to specialist firms 指将业务转包给专业公司。
回答于 2021-05-23 14:08
Who better to do sth than sb 为英语固定句式,意思是“有谁比某人更适合做某事”。如:Who better to attend the meeting than you? 有谁比你更适合参加这次会议?Who better to stay to help us than Jim? 有谁比吉姆更适合留下来帮助我们?
回答于 2021-05-23 13:36
两者意思相同,但donor比donator更常见,更普通。比如下面一句摘自Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary,注意括号内的解释:The donators [=(more commonly) donors] of the money did not give their names.
回答于 2021-05-23 13:04