蒋老师把by the narrowest of margins视为习语,对初学者是一种可行的办法。其实“the + 最高级 + of +复数名词”是一种表强调的结构,表示“非常/极其……”的意思。如:She had the sweetest of smiles. 她笑起来非常甜美。He spoke in the softest of voices. 他讲话的声音非常柔和。She was the gentlest of nurses. 她是个极...
回答于 2021-01-26 22:22
严格说来,是应该用所有格的,即说成 About 20 minutes' walk,或用 About a 20-minute walk。但在现代英语中,人们(包括以英语为母语的人)经常省略撇号(给人的感觉就是直接用复数形式的时间段名词放在另一名词前作定语)。如:Everyone wants to have a few minutes rest. 大家都想休息几分钟。My office is five minut...
回答于 2021-01-26 18:26
完全可以,你的句子While (he was) a student he was active in politics完全正确。【跟踪解答】将常用搭配归纳如下:while+名词:While (I was) a student, I often played basketball after school. 我上学时经常在放学后打蓝球。while+形容词:He had a slight heart attack while (he was) asleep. 他睡觉时犯了轻度的...
回答于 2021-01-23 21:51
根据韦氏高阶词典,这样用的 all of 为习语,意思是“不多于”,强调数量极少。如:She learned to fly a plane when she was all of 16 years old. 她刚16岁就学会开飞机了。The team scored all of six points the entire game. 整场比赛球队仅拿到六分。all of还有一个几乎相反的意思,表示“多达”“多至”,用于强调数量较大...
回答于 2021-01-23 21:28
historical 有一个用法是表示“基于历史的”(=based on history)。historical novel 就是这个用法,它相当于a novel that tells a story about events and people in the past。
回答于 2021-01-21 22:35
不应该是倒装句。原句可理解为:There are many plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. 一个人的心里有很多计划,但只有上帝的目的可以胜出。类似的句子如:Many are the men who wish they were younger.=There are many men who wish they were younger. 许多人希望自己年轻些。
回答于 2021-01-21 22:06
on the grounds that前面不能有动词 be。when后面接的不是名词,是句子啊!注意:when从句的谓语动词是 outweigh。Unequal treatment can be justified when other considerations such as beneficence (the duty to do good and not harm others) outweigh the social justice principle or on the grounds that such uneq...
回答于 2021-01-21 21:55
可以说:She speaks not only English but Japanese well.相当于:She speaks not only English (well) but (also) Japanese well.
回答于 2021-01-21 21:32