问:在词汇练习中,有这样一道选择题:(1)The local magazine has a_____of around 30,000.A. circuitB. circulationC. circularD. circle请问正确答案是B吗?答:正确答案是B. circulation,其意为“(报纸、杂志、书籍的)发行量”(the number of copies of a newspaper, magazine,...[继续阅读]

    问:请问下面两句话有何不同:(1)What do you mean?(2)How do you mean?答:二者的意义完全相同。在有些情况下,how与what可以说同义。实例如:(1)How?(=How is that again?美语)(=What?)(2)How about the result?(=What about the result?)(3)How do you think?(=What do you think?)...[继续阅读]

    问:在学习中遇到一个语法问题,使我深感困惑。请问as soon as与no sooner…than…都意为“一……就……”,那它们在用法上究竟有什么不同?答:as soon as是成语型从属连词,其意为“一……就……”(immediately after something has happened),引出表示...[继续阅读]

    问:现有几个问题请教,希望能得到回答:(一)关于“聘请,雇用”一词,我知道可以用三个英语单词来表达,即engage、employ、hire,经查英英词典我从解释中总结出它们所适用的对象的身份或地位是从高到低,也就是说,engage的用法最正式,它所...[继续阅读]

    问:在学习过程中,我遇到两个疑难问题,请给予解答。(一)fantastic一词最后一个音节中的“t”发不发爆破音?(二)有这样一道选择题:(1)No matter what presents your friends send you, don’t look____.A. a gift cat in the mouthB. a gift horse in the mouthC. a gift m...[继续阅读]

    问:我在阅读练习中遇到这样一个句子:(1)One of them is known as the law of supply and demand, which says that the value of goods and services is determined by the quantity available compared with the number of possible buyers.我见过很多available位于名词之后的情况,如a docto...[继续阅读]

    问:有这样一道选择题:(1)A good many proposals were raised by the delegates,_____was to be expected.A. thatB. whatC. soD. as所给正确答案是D,为什么不选择that?请解释。答:本题是考核关联词的用法。关联词是指引出定语从句(attributive clause)的关系代词(rel...[继续阅读]

    问:有这样一句话:“不管国际风云如何变化,我们始终不渝地奉行独立自主的和平外交政策。”我看到的译文是:(1)“No matter how the international situation changes, we will, as always,pursue the independent foreign policy of peace.”但在WORD上进行编辑时,电...[继续阅读]

    问:有这样两个句子:(1)Keep the windows open so that you can hear what’s happening outside.(2)Suddenly it began to rain heavily so that it was almost impossible to carry on driving.请问so that究竟引导什么从句?其用法特点是什么?请解释,谢谢。答:从属连词so that既可引...[继续阅读]

    问:阅读中有这样一句,我百思不得其解:(1)I appreciate the reasons for this, not least years of“elective dictatorship”by Tory governments returned on minority votes, pushing through divisive and destructive policies such as the poll tax and rail privatization, which is why I...[继续阅读]