提供两个例句供参考:The holiday will be very expensive but if it helps to make you fit and healthy again it will be cheap at the price. 度假要花很多钱, 但能助你恢复健康, 花钱再多也值得. 《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》The machine is relatively cheap to build but expensive to maintain.这台机器...
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表街名、广场名、公园等的专有名词前不用冠词。又如:Wall Street 华尔街Tian’anmen Square 天安门广场Hyde Park 海德公园
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这里的only to find the 9:30 train had already left是不定式作结果状语(不定式to find后带宾语从句),句意:我匆忙赶到车站,结果发现九点半的火车已经离开了。only to do sth是一个比较特殊的不定式结构,常用于表示一种意想不到的结果。不过,“只是为了做某事”也可以用 only to do sth 来表达的。only to do既可...
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可以这样省略,COCA中就有类似的例句:I seek ways to interact and cooperate with colleagues on projects.It works every time because objects interact and relate to each other according to physical mathematical laws.As members of a school interact and influence one another, they develop shared understan...
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赞同曹老师的解答。其实,may/might as well do sth.与had better do sth.还是有区别的。may / might as well“最好,不妨,还是……好”,表消极或无奈;had better...“最好……”,表主动或积极。例如:Since he won’t listen to you, you may as well let him be. 既然他不听你的,那就随他去吧。Anyway, you're here; you...
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by bike,by bus, by subway...等指交通方式,不指几辆车。这里的by bike不排除两人共用一辆自行车的可能,但多人共用一辆自行车是不可能的。
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common sense“常识[理]”是一个惯用短语。例如:Use your common sense.用一用你的常识吧。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》That child has had no common sense! 那个孩子一点常识也没有!《牛津英语搭配词典》It is all a matter of common sense.它完全是个常识问题。《新牛津英汉双解大词典》It is common sense to carry an...
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赞同曹老师的解答。补充一点供网友参考:在美国口语中,have gone to常可以代替have been to,当主语是第一或第二人称时,have gone to 可以表示“到过某地(现已回来)”的意义。费致德《现代英语惯用法词典》(P.426)有如下说明:Have you ever gone (或been) to New York? 用于问人是否去过,是否有此经历。在口语里,答...
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你说的没错,这种情况不能按照语法书里的要求翻译。如果互为反义的两个形容词都能说明名词,那么就按照“B不...,A也不...”或者“A不...'正如B不...”来翻译。例如:Mary is no more diligent than Tom.= Neither Mary nor Tom is dillegent. 玛丽和汤姆都不勤奋。Mary is no more lazy than Tom.= Neither Mary nor Tom is...
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这属于“介词叠用”。有时如果语意需要,until之后可以接介词短语。又如:The two ministers didn't close with each other until near the end of the meeting. 这两位外交使节直到会议将近结束时才达成协议。《21世纪大英汉词典》▲until之后可以接副词、介词短语或从句。He has been ill until recently.他最近一直生病...
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